1 Kings 3:3

3:3 Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following ¹  the practices ²  of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

1 Kings 8:61

8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God ³  by following ⁴  his rules and obeying ⁵  his commandments, as you are presently doing.” ⁶ 

1 Kings 9:22

9:22 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; ⁷  the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. ⁸ 

1 Kings 9:27

9:27 Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon’s men. ⁹ 

1 Kings 11:41

Solomon’s Reign Ends

11:41 The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his wise decisions, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of Solomon. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 11:43

11:43 Then Solomon passed away ¹¹  and was buried in the city of his father David. ¹²  His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. ¹³ 

1 Kings 15:4

15:4 Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty ¹⁴  in Jerusalem by giving him a son ¹⁵  to succeed him ¹⁶  and by protecting Jerusalem. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 18:46

18:46 Now the Lord energized Elijah with power; ¹⁸  he tucked his robe into his belt ¹⁹  and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

1 Kings 19:3

19:3 Elijah was afraid, ²⁰  so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

1 Kings 22:36

22:36 As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, “Each one should return to his city and to his homeland.”

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¹ tn Heb “Solomon loved the Lord by walking in.”

² tn Or “policies, rules.”

³ tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the Lord our God.”

⁴ tn Heb “walking in.”

⁵ tn Heb “keeping.”

⁶ tn Heb “as this day.”

⁷ sn These work crews. The work crews referred to here must be different than the temporary crews described in 5:13-16.

⁸ tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”

⁹ tn Heb “and Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, men of ships, [who] know the sea, [to be] with the servants of Solomon.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Solomon, and all which he did, and his wisdom, are they not written on the scroll of the events of Solomon?”

¹¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

¹² sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

¹³ tc Before this sentence the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it so happened that when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard – now he was in Egypt where he had fled from before Solomon and was residing in Egypt – he came straight to his city in the land of Sarira which is on mount Ephraim. And king Solomon slept with his fathers.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “gave him a lamp.”

¹⁵ tc The Old Greek has the plural “his sons.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “by raising up his son after him.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “and by causing Jerusalem to stand firm.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and the hand of the Lord was on Elijah.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “and girded up his loins.” The idea is that of gathering up the robes and tucking them into the sash or belt so that they do not get in the way of the legs when running (or working or fighting).

²⁰ tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions support the reading “he was afraid.” The consonantal text (וַיַּרְא, vayyar’) is ambiguous and can be vocalized וַיַּרְא (from רָאָה, ra’ah, “to see”) or וַיִּרָא (vayyira’, from יָרֵא, yare’, “to fear”).