1 Kings 2:19

2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet¹ her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother,² and she sat at his right hand.

1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David³ until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.⁴

1 Kings 8:16

8:16 He told David,⁵ ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live.⁶ But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers,⁷ he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,⁸ “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 18:13

18:13 Certainly my master is aware of what I did⁹ when Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets. I hid one hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.

1 Kings 20:39

20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat¹⁰ of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner.¹¹ He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason,¹² you will pay with your life or with a talent¹³ of silver.’¹⁴

¹tn Or “meet.”

²tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”

³sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁴map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵tn Heb “saying.”

⁶tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”

sn To build a temple in which to live (Heb “to build a house for my name to be there”). In the OT, the word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

⁷tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁸tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.

⁹tn Heb “Has it not been told to my master what I did…?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “Of course it has!”

¹⁰tn Heb “middle.”

¹¹tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).

¹²tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.

¹³tn 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 75 pounds of silver.

¹⁴tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”