1 Kings 1:30
1:30 I will keep 1 today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”
1 Kings 1:51
1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; 2 see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise 3 me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
1 Kings 2:24
2:24 Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty 4 for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”
1 Kings 5:7
5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he 5 has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”
1 Kings 8:28
8:28 But respond favorably to 6 your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer 7 the desperate prayer 8 your servant is presenting to you 9 today.
1 tn Or “carry out, perform.”
2 tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
4 tn Heb “house.”
5 tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”
6 tn Heb “turn to.”
7 tn Heb “by listening to.”
8 tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”
9 tn Heb “praying before you.”