¹ tn Heb “answered and said.”

² sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).

³ tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”

⁴ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.” The Hebrew text also has, “to the name of the Lord,” which fits very awkwardly in the sentence. If retained, perhaps it should be translated, “because of the reputation of the Lord.” The phrase, which is omitted in the parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:1, may be an addition based on the queen’s declaration of praise to the Lord in v. 9.

⁵ tn Or “test.”

⁶ tn Or “riddles.”

⁷ tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.