1 Kings 1:35

1:35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed¹ that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

1 Kings 1:52

1:52 Solomon said, “If he is a loyal subject,² not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor,³ he will die.”

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 he⁴ has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

1 Kings 6:32

6:32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved⁵ cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold.⁶ He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold.⁷

1 Kings 7:21

7:21 He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right⁸ side and called it Jakin;⁹ he erected the other pillar on the left¹⁰ side and called it Boaz.¹¹

1 Kings 8:56

8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure¹² just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled!¹³

1 Kings 15:29

15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed,¹⁴ just as the Lord had predicted¹⁵ through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Kings 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria¹⁶ from Shemer for two talents¹⁷ of silver. He launched a construction project there¹⁸ and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Kings 17:10

17:10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup¹⁹ of water, so I can take a drink.”

1 Kings 17:19

17:19 He said to her, “Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed.

¹tn Or “commanded.”

²tn Heb “if he is a man of strength [or ability].” In this context, where Adonijah calls himself a “servant,” implying allegiance to the new king, the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (’ish khayil) probably carries the sense of “a worthy man,” that is, “loyal” (see HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל).

³tn Heb “but if evil is found in him.”

⁴tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”

⁵tn Heb “carved carvings of.”

⁶tn Heb “he plated [with] gold” (the precise object is not stated).

⁷tn Heb “and he hammered out the gold on the cherubs and the palm trees.”

⁸tn Or “south.”

⁹sn The name Jakin appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”

¹⁰tn Or “north.”

¹¹sn The meaning of the name Boaz is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בעז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name as בְּעֹז (be’oz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”

¹²tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”

¹³tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”

¹⁴tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.”

¹⁵tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

¹⁶map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁷tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver.

¹⁸tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

¹⁹tn Heb “a little.”