1 Kings 1:5

1:5 Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, ¹  was promoting himself, ²  boasting, ³  “I will be king!” He managed to acquire ⁴  chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. ⁵ 

1 Kings 9:19

9:19 all the storage cities that belonged to him, ⁶  and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. ⁷  He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ⁸ 

1 Kings 10:29

10:29 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria. ⁹ 

1 Kings 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ¹⁰  and besieged and attacked it. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 20:25

20:25 Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots. ¹²  Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.” He approved their plan and did as they advised. ¹³ 

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¹ tn Heb “son of Haggith,” but since this formula usually designates the father (who in this case was David), the translation specifies that David was Adonijah’s father.

sn Haggith was one of David’s wives (2 Sam 3:4; 2 Chr 3:2).

² tn Heb “lifting himself up.”

³ tn Heb “saying.”

⁴ tn Or “he acquired for himself.”

⁵ tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”

⁶ tn Heb “to Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”

⁸ tn Heb “and the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”

⁹ tn Heb “and a chariot went up and came out of Egypt for six hundred silver [pieces], and a horse for one hundred fifty, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”

¹⁰ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹¹ tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

¹² tn Heb “And you, you muster an army like the one that fell from you, horse like horse and chariot like chariot.”

¹³ tn Heb “he listened to their voice and did so.”