1 Kings 1:39

1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil ¹  from the tent and poured it on ²  Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”

1 Kings 1:51

1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; ³  see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise ⁴  me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”

1 Kings 4:21

4:21 (5:1) ⁵  Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River ⁶  to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.

sn A horn filled with oil. An animal’s horn was used as an oil flask in the anointing ceremony.

² tn Or “anointed.”

³ tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Or “swear an oath to.”

⁵ sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.

⁶ tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.

⁷ tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”