Discovery Box1 Kings 1:5 
Context1:5 Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, 1 was promoting himself, 2 boasting, 3 “I will be king!” He managed to acquire 4 chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. 5
1 Kings 1:11
Context1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you 6 that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? 7
1 Kings 1:17
Context1:17 She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’
1 Kings 1:19
Context1:19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.
1 Kings 1:30
Context1:30 I will keep 8 today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’”
1 Kings 1:35
Context1:35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed 9 that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
1 Kings 1:38-39
Context1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites 10 went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon. 1:39 Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil 11 from the tent and poured it on 12 Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, “Long live King Solomon!”
1 Kings 1:45
Context1:45 Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed 13 him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear.
1 Kings 1:51
Context1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; 14 see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise 15 me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
1 Kings 2:15
Context2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom 16 was mine and all Israel considered me king. 17 But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. 18
1 Kings 2:22
Context2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? 19 Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
1 Kings 2:29
Context2:29 When King Solomon heard 20 that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, 21 “Go, strike him down.”
1 Kings 2:31
Context2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family 22 the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. 23
1 Kings 3:4
Context3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. 24 Solomon would offer up 25 a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.
1 Kings 3:7
Context3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. 26
1 Kings 3:22
Context3:22 The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king. 27
1 Kings 4:27
Context4:27 The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. 28 Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.
1 Kings 7:51
Context7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he 29 put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 8:5
Context8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. 30
1 Kings 8:63
Context8:63 Solomon offered as peace offerings 31 to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 9:15-16
Context9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews 32 King Solomon conscripted 33 to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, 34 and the cities of 35 Hazor, 36 Megiddo, 37 and Gezer. 9:16 (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.)
1 Kings 10:12
Context10:12 With the timber the king made supports 38 for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments 39 for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. 40 )
1 Kings 10:17
Context10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas 41 of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 42
1 Kings 10:22
Context10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships 43 that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet 44 came into port with cargoes of 45 gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 46
1 Kings 11:18
Context11:18 They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, supplied him with a house and food and even assigned him some land. 47
1 Kings 11:27
Context11:27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: 48 Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. 49
1 Kings 12:6
Context12:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served 50 his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, 51 “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
1 Kings 12:15
Context12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events 52 so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made 53 through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
1 Kings 12:20
Context12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 54
1 Kings 13:4
Context13:4 When the king heard what the prophet 55 cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand 56 and ordered, 57 “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up 58 and he could not pull it back.
1 Kings 13:8
Context13:8 But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, 59 I could not go with you and eat and drink 60 in this place.
1 Kings 13:11
Context13:11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. 61 When his sons came home, they told their father 62 everything the prophet 63 had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king. 64
1 Kings 15:19-20
Context15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 65 See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 66 15:20 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. 67 They conquered 68 Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth. 69
1 Kings 15:29
Context15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, 70 just as the Lord had predicted 71 through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
1 Kings 15:33
Context15:33 In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah; he ruled for twenty-four years.
1 Kings 16:11
Context16:11 When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends. 72
1 Kings 16:21
Context16:21 At that time the people of Israel were divided in their loyalties. Half the people supported Tibni son of Ginath and wanted to make him king; the other half supported Omri.
1 Kings 16:29
Context16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. 73
1 Kings 16:31
Context16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. 74
1 Kings 20:1
Context20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria 75 and besieged and attacked it. 76
1 Kings 20:7
Context20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders 77 of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. 78 Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”
1 Kings 20:23
Context20:23 Now the advisers 79 of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.
1 Kings 20:32
Context20:32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant 80 Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab 81 replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” 82
1 Kings 20:40
Context20:40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.” 83
1 Kings 21:7
Context21:7 His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! 84 Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. 85 I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”
1 Kings 21:13
Context21:13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him 86 outside the city and stoned him to death. 87
1 Kings 21:18
Context21:18 “Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it.
1 Kings 22:4
Context22:4 Then he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army and horses are at your disposal.” 88
1 Kings 22:13
Context22:13 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. 89 Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” 90
1 Kings 22:35
Context22:35 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot.
1 Kings 22:42
Context22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. 91 His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
1 tn Heb “son of Haggith,” but since this formula usually designates the father (who in this case was David), the translation specifies that David was Adonijah’s father.
sn Haggith was one of David’s wives (2 Sam 3:4; 2 Chr 3:2).
2 tn Heb “lifting himself up.”
3 tn Heb “saying.”
4 tn Or “he acquired for himself.”
5 tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”
6 tn Heb “Have you not heard?”
7 tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”
8 tn Or “carry out, perform.”
9 tn Or “commanded.”
10 sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.
11 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.
12 tn Or “anointed.”
13 tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.
14 tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
15 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
16 tn Or “kingship.”
17 tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”
18 tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the
19 tn Heb “for Adonijah.”
20 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
21 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”
22 tn Heb “house.”
23 tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”
24 tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”
25 tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.
26 tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”
27 tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”
28 tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”
29 tn Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
30 tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”
31 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
32 sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
33 tn Heb “raised up.”
34 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
35 tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
36 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
37 map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.
38 tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”
39 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
40 tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”
41 sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.
42 sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.
43 tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
44 tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”
45 tn Heb “came carrying.”
46 tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”
47 tn Heb “and they arose from Midian and went to Paran and they took men with them from Paran and went to Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and he gave to him a house and food and he said to him, and a land he gave to him.” Something seems to be accidentally omitted after “and he said to him.”
48 tn Heb “this is the matter concerning which he raised a hand against the king.”
49 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.
50 tn Heb “stood before.”
51 tn Heb “saying.”
52 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the
53 tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the
54 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”
55 tn Heb “the man of God.”
56 tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”
57 tn Heb “saying.”
58 tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”
59 tn Heb “house.”
60 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
61 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
62 tn Heb “and his son came and told him.” The MT has the singular here, but several other textual witnesses have the plural, which is more consistent with the second half of the verse and with vv. 12-13.
63 tn Heb “the man of God.”
64 tn Heb “all the actions which the man of God performed that day in Bethel, the words which he spoke to the king, and they told them to their father.”
65 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
66 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
67 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”
68 tn Heb “he struck down.”
69 tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”
70 tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.”
71 tn Heb “according to the word of the
72 tn Heb “and he did not spare any belonging to him who urinate against a wall, [including] his kinsmen redeemers and his friends.”
73 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
74 tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”
sn The Canaanites worshiped Baal as a storm and fertility god.
75 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
76 tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”
77 tn Heb “elders.”
78 tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”
79 tn Or “servants.”
80 sn Your servant. By referring to Ben Hadad as Ahab’s servant, they are suggesting that Ahab make him a subject in a vassal treaty arrangement.
81 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
82 sn He is my brother. Ahab’s response indicates that he wants to make a parity treaty and treat Ben Hadad as an equal partner.
83 tn Heb “so [i.e., in accordance with his testimony] is your judgment, you have determined [it].”
84 tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”
85 tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”
86 tn Heb “led him.”
87 tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”
88 tn Heb “Like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”
89 tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”
90 tn Heb “let your words be like the word of each of them and speak good.”
91 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
