1 Kings 1

¹ a. Seventy years

² b. Or serve

⁵ c. The fourth son

⁵ d. Lit. reign

⁶ e. Lit. pained

⁹ f. Lit. Serpent

⁹ g. A spring south of Jerusalem in the Kidron Valley

²⁵ h. Lit. Let King Adonijah live

³³ i. A spring east of Jerusalem in the Kidron Valley

³⁴ j. Lit. Let King Solomon live

³⁹ k. Lit. Let King Solomon live

1 Kings 2

¹ a. commanded

¹⁰ b. Died and joined his ancestors

¹⁶ c. Lit. turn away the face

²⁰ d. Lit. turn away the face

²⁴ e. Royal dynasty

²⁶ f. Lit. you are a man of death

³² g. Or bloodshed

³⁷ h. Or bloodshed

1 Kings 3

¹ a. an alliance

⁹ b. Lit. hearing

¹⁴ c. prolong

¹⁸ d. Lit. no stranger

1 Kings 4

³ a. secretaries

⁸ b. Lit. Son of Hur

⁹ c. Lit. Son of Deker

¹⁰ d. Lit. Son of Hesed

¹¹ e. Lit. Son of Abinadab

¹³ f. Lit. Son of Geber

²¹ g. The Euphra-tes

²² h. Lit. bread

²² i. Each about 5 bushels

²⁴ j. The Euphra-tes

²⁵ k. lived in safety

²⁶ l. So with MT, most other authorities; some LXX mss. four thousand; cf. 2 Chr. 9:25

1 Kings 5

³ a. Lit. them

⁴ b. peace

⁴ c. misfortune

⁵ d. Lit. I am saying

¹¹ e. Each about 5 bushels

¹¹ f. So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. twenty thousand kors

¹⁶ g. So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX six hundred

¹⁷ h. Lit. house

¹⁸ i. Lit. house

1 Kings 6

¹ a. So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX fortieth

¹ b. Or Ayyar, April or May

³ c. Heb. heykal; here the main room of the temple; elsewhere called the holy place, Ex. 26:33; Ezek. 41:1

³ d. About 30 feet

³ e. Lit. it

³ f. About 15 feet

⁵ g. Lit. house

⁵ h. Heb. debir; here the inner room of the temple; elsewhere called the Most Holy Place, v. 16

⁶ i. Lit. house

⁸ j. So with MT, Vg.; LXX upper story; Tg. ground story

⁹ k. Lit. house

¹² l. Lit. house

¹² m. promise

¹⁹ n. The Most Holy Place

²⁷ o. Lit. house

³¹ p. Or five-sided

³³ q. temple

³³ r. Or four-sided

³⁷ s. Or Ayyar, April or May

³⁸ t. Or Heshvan, October or November

1 Kings 7

² a. About 150 feet

² b. About 75 feet

⁷ c. Lit. floor of the upper level

¹³ d. Heb. Hiram; cf. 2 Chr. 2:13, 14

¹⁵ e. fashioned

²¹ f. Lit. He Shall Establish

²¹ g. Lit. In It Is Strength

²⁶ h. About 12,000 gallons; three thousand, 2 Chr. 4:5

²⁷ i. Or stands

³⁷ j. one

³⁸ k. About 240 gallons

⁴⁰ l. Heb. Hiram; cf. 2 Chr. 2:13, 14

⁴⁵ m. Heb. Hiram; cf. 2 Chr. 2:13, 14

⁵⁰ n. firepans

1 Kings 8

² a. Or Tishri, September or October

⁴ b. tent

⁸ c. heads

¹⁷ d. Lit. house, and so in vv. 18–20

²⁰ e. risen in the place of

²⁹ f. Lit. house

³⁷ g. Lit. gates

⁴⁵ h. justice

⁴⁷ i. Lit. bring back to their heart

⁴⁹ j. justice

⁵⁶ k. peace

⁶¹ l. Lit. at peace with

⁶⁶ m. thanked

1 Kings 9

⁶ a. turn back

⁷ b. destroy

¹³ c. Lit. Good for Nothing

¹⁵ d. Lit. The Landfill

²⁴ e. Lit. he; cf. 2 Chr. 8:11

²⁶ f. Heb. Eloth

1 Kings 10

² a. company

³ b. too

¹¹ c. algum, 2 Chr. 9:10, 11

¹² d. Or supports

²² e. Lit. ships of Tarshish, deep-sea vessels

²² f. Or peacocks

²⁶ g. So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. (cf. 2 Chr. 9:25); MT led

²⁹ h. Lit. by their hands

1 Kings 11

⁴ a. Lit. at peace with

⁵ b. Or Molech

⁷ c. A place for pagan worship

²¹ d. Died and joined his ancestors

²¹ e. Lit. Send me away

²⁷ f. Lit. closed up the breaches

³³ g. So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. he has

⁴³ h. Died and joined his ancestors

1 Kings 12

⁴ a. hard

¹¹ b. Scourges with points or barbs, lit. scorpions

¹³ c. harshly

¹⁴ d. Lit. scorpions

²⁵ e. fortified

³¹ f. Lit. a house; cf. 1 Kin. 13:32, lit. houses

³² g. instituted

³³ h. insti-tuted

1 Kings 13

¹ a. at the LORD’s command

² b. at the LORD’s command

¹¹ c. Lit. son

¹² d. LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. showed him

¹⁷ e. Lit. a command came to me by

³² f. Lit. word

³² g. Lit. houses

1 Kings 14

³ a. Lit. in your hand

⁴ b. Lit. set

¹³ c. Be buried

¹⁴ d. Or this day and from now on

¹⁵ e. The Euphrates

¹⁵ f. Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities

²³ g. Places for pagan worship

²⁴ h. Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

²⁷ i. entrusted

²⁷ j. Lit. runners

³¹ k. Died and joined his ancestors

³¹ l. Abijah, 2 Chr. 12:16

1 Kings 15

³ a. Lit. at peace with

⁶ b. So with MT, LXX, Tg., Vg.; some Heb. mss., Syr. Abijam

⁸ c. Died and joined his ancestors

¹² d. Heb. qede-shim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

¹³ e. A Canaanite goddess

¹⁴ f. Places for pagan worship

²⁴ g. Died and joined his ancestors

1 Kings 16

³ a. consume

⁶ b. Died and joined his ancestors

⁹ c. Lit. who was over the house

¹³ d. Lit. vanities

¹⁸ e. captured

¹⁸ f. Lit. over him

²⁴ g. Heb. Shomeron

²⁶ h. Lit. vanities

³³ i. Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess

³⁴ j. At the cost of the life of

1 Kings 17

¹² a. Lit. pitcher or water jar

¹⁷ b. severe

¹⁷ c. He died.

1 Kings 18

³ a. Lit. over the house

⁴ b. Lit. cut off

¹⁹ c. A Canaanite goddess

¹⁹ d. Are provided for by Jezebel

²⁴ e. Lit. The word is good

²⁶ f. answer

²⁶ g. Lit. limped about, leaped in dancing around

²⁷ h. with a loud voice

²⁸ i. swords

⁴⁴ j. Lit. Bind or Harness

⁴⁶ k. Tucked the skirts of his robe in his belt in preparation for quick travel

1 Kings 19

⁴ a. juniper

⁵ b. Or Angel

⁶ c. hot stones

⁷ d. Or Angel

¹² e. a delicate whispering voice

1 Kings 20

⁶ a. pleasing

¹⁰ b. Lit. at my feet

¹² c. Lit. booths or shelters

²² d. Lit. at the return

²⁴ e. positions

²⁵ f. Lit. that fell from you

³⁹ g. Lit. weigh

1 Kings 21

⁹ a. Lit. at the head

²³ b. So with MT, LXX; some Heb. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg. plot of ground instead of wall (cf. 2 Kin. 9:36)

²⁵ c. incited him

1 Kings 22

⁶ a. The false prophets

⁷ b. Or him

³⁸ c. Tg., Syr. they washed his armor

⁴⁰ d. Died and joined his ancestors

⁴⁶ e. Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

⁴⁸ f. Or ships of Tarshish

⁵⁰ g. Died and joined his ancestors

⁵³ h. In the same way that