Discovery Box1 Kings 1:25 
Context1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment 1 they are having a feast 2 in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ 3
1 Kings 1:21
Context1:21 If a decision is not made, 4 when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, 5 my son Solomon and I 6 will be considered state criminals.” 7
1 Kings 1:39
Context1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil 8 from the tent and poured it on 9 Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”
1 tn Heb “look.”
2 tn Heb “eating and drinking.”
3 tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”
4 tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.
5 tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”
6 tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”
8 tn Heb “the horn of oil.” This has been specified as olive oil in the translation for clarity.
sn A horn filled with oil. An animal’s horn was used as an oil flask in the anointing ceremony.
9 tn Or “anointed.”
