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 David ¹  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ² 

1 Kings 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 ³ Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem ⁴  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). ⁵ 

1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, ⁶  he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, ⁷  “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 14:21

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He ⁸  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, ⁹  the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹⁰  His mother was an Ammonite woman ¹¹  named Naamah.

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¹ sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

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³ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

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⁵ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”

⁶ tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.

⁸ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

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¹⁰ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

¹¹ tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.