1 Kings Notes
1 Kings 2
a 2:24 That is, a royal dynasty
1 Kings 4
a 4:8 Literally Son of Hur
b 4:9 Literally Son of Deker
c 4:10 Literally Son of Hesed
d 4:11 Literally Son of Abinadab
e 4:13 Literally Son of Geber
f 4:21 That is, the Euphrates
g 4:24 That is, the Euphrates
h 4:26 Following Masoretic Text and most other authorities; some manuscripts of the Septuagint read four (compare 2 Chronicles 9:25).
1 Kings 5
a 5:3 Literally them
b 5:11 Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint and Syriac read twenty thousand.
c 5:16 Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint reads three thousand six hundred.
d 5:17 Literally house, and so frequently throughout this book
1 Kings 6
a 6:1 Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint reads fortieth.
b 6:3 Hebrew heykal; here the main room of the temple, elsewhere called the holy place (compare Exodus 26:33 and Ezekiel 41:1)
c 6:3 Literally it
d 6:5 Hebrew debir; here the inner room of the temple, elsewhere called the Most Holy Place (compare verse 16)
e 6:8 Following Masoretic Text and Vulgate; Septuagint reads upper story; Targum reads ground story.
f 6:27 Literally house
1 Kings 7
a 7:7 Literally floor, that is, of the upper level
b 7:13 Hebrew Hiram (compare 2 Chronicles 2:13, 14)
c 7:26 Or three thousand (compare 2 Chronicles 4:5)
d 7:40 Hebrew Hiram (compare 2 Chronicles 2:13, 14)
e 7:45 Hebrew Hiram (compare 2 Chronicles 2:13, 14)
1 Kings 8
1 Kings 9
a 9:13 Literally Good for Nothing
b 9:15 Literally The Landfill
c 9:24 Literally he (compare 2 Chronicles 8:11)
d 9:26 Hebrew Eloth (compare 2 Kings 14:22)
1 Kings 10
a 10:11 Or algum (compare 2 Chronicles 9:10, 11)
b 10:22 Literally ships of Tarshish, deep-sea vessels
c 10:22 Or peacocks
d 10:26 Following Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate (compare 2 Chronicles 9:25); Masoretic Text reads led.
e 10:29 Literally by their hands
1 Kings 11
a 11:33 Following Masoretic Text and Targum; Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read he has.
1 Kings 12
1 Kings 13
1 Kings 14
a 14:15 That is, the Euphrates
b 14:15 Hebrew Asherim, Canaanite deities
c 14:24 Hebrew qadesh, that is, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
d 14:31 Spelled Abijah in 2 Chronicles 12:16
1 Kings 15
a 15:6 Following Masoretic Text, Septuagint, Targum, and Vulgate; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac read Abijam.
b 15:12 Hebrew qedeshim, that is, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
c 15:13 A Canaanite goddess
1 Kings 16
a 16:33 Hebrew Asherah, a Canaanite goddess
b 16:34 Compare Joshua 6:26
1 Kings 18
a 18:19 A Canaanite goddess
b 18:31 Genesis 32:28
1 Kings 19
1 Kings 21
a 21:23 Following Masoretic Text and Septuagint; some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate read plot of ground (compare 2 Kings 9:36).
1 Kings 22