1 Kings 2:22
2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? 1 Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
1 Kings 3:18
3:18 Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us. 2
1 Kings 4:33
4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, 3 from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing 4 animals, birds, insects, and fish.
1 Kings 7:23
7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” 5 It measured 15 feet 6 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet 7 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 8
1 Kings 10:17
10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas 9 of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 10
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. 11
1 Kings 13:3
13:3 That day he also announced 12 a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: 13 The altar will be split open and the ashes 14 on it will fall to the ground.” 15
1 Kings 15:13
15:13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother 16 from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
1 Kings 18:4
18:4 When Jezebel was killing 17 the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)
1 tn Heb “for Adonijah.”
2 sn There was no one else in the house except the two of us. In other words, there were no other witnesses to the births who could identify which child belonged to which mother.
3 tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”
4 tn Heb “he spoke about.”
5 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”
sn This large basin that was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves (2 Chr 4:6; cf. Exod 30:17-21).
6 tn Heb “ten cubits.”
7 tn Heb “five cubits.”
8 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”
9 sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.
10 sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.
11 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.”
12 tn Heb “gave.”
13 tn Heb “spoken.”
14 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
15 tn Heb “will be poured out.”
16 tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.
17 tn Heb “cutting off.”