Discovery Box1 Kings 1:43 
Context1:43 Jonathan replied 1 to Adonijah: “No! 2 Our master 3 King David has made Solomon king.
1 Kings 10:3
Context10:3 Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king. 4
1 Kings 17:7
Context17:7 After a while, 5 the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
1 Kings 22:1
Context22:1 There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years. 6
1 Kings 22:47
Context22:47 There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.
1 tn Heb “answered and said.”
2 tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (’aval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.
3 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
4 tn Heb “Solomon declared to her all her words; there was not a word hidden from the king which he did not declare to her.” If riddles are specifically in view (see v. 1), then one might translate, “Solomon explained to her all her riddles; there was no riddle too complex for the king.”
5 tn Heb “And it came about at the end of days.”
6 tn Heb “and they lived three years without war between Aram and Israel.”
