1 Kings 1:4

1:4 The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her. ¹ 

1 Kings 1:6

1:6 (Now his father had never corrected ²  him ³  by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. ⁴ )

1 Kings 1:15

1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. ⁵  (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.)

1 Kings 4:29

4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding ⁶  was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.

1 Kings 10:11

10:11 (Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.

1 Kings 11:10

11:10 and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. ⁷  But he did not obey ⁸  the Lord’s command.

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¹ tn Heb “did not know her.”

² tn Or “disciplined.”

³ tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.

⁴ tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).

⁵ tn Or “bedroom.”

⁶ tn Heb “heart,” i.e., mind. (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

⁷ tn Heb “and had commanded him concerning this thing not to walk after other gods.”

⁸ tn Or “keep.”