1 Kings 9

1 Kings 9:1

55 tn Or “carry out, perform.”

1 Kings 9:2

56 tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”

1 Kings 9:3

57 sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

1 Kings 9:4

58 tn Heb “the king.”

59 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

60 tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”

1 Kings 9:5

61 tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).

1 Kings 9:6

62 tn Or “commanded.”

1 Kings 9:7

63 tn Heb “answered and said.”

64 tn Or “Amen.”

65 tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”

1 Kings 9:8

66 tn Heb “and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my master King David.”

1 Kings 9:9

67 sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Samuel 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.

1 Kings 9:10

68 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.

69 tn Or “anointed.”

1 Kings 9:11

70 tn Heb “and all the people went up after him, and the people were playing flutes and rejoicing with great joy and the ground split open at the sound of them.” The verb בָּקַע (baqa’, “to split open”), which elsewhere describes the effects of an earthquake, is obviously here an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.

1 Kings 9:12

71 tn Heb “And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard, now they had finished eating.”

72 tn Heb “Why is the city’s sound noisy?”

1 Kings 9:13

73 tn The Hebrew text has “look” at this point. The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh), “look draws attention to Jonathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.

74 tn Or “surely.”

75 tn Heb “you are a man of strength [or “ability”] and you bring a message [that is] good.” Another option is to understand the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (‘ish khayil) in the sense of “a worthy man,” that is “loyal.” See also 1 Kings 1:52 and HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל.

1 Kings 9:14

76 tn Heb “answered and said.”

77 tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (‘aval), see Genesis 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.

78 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

1 Kings 9:16

79 tn I.e., designated by anointing with oil.

1 Kings 9:17

80 tn Heb “And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.”

1 Kings 9:18

81 tn Heb “to bless.”

82 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

83 tc Many Hebrew mss agree with the Qere in reading simply “God.”

84 tn Heb “make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.” The term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) is used here of one’s fame and reputation.

85 tn Or “bowed down; worshiped.”

1 Kings 9:19

86 tn The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”

87 tn Or “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who….” In this blessing formula אֲשֶׁר (‘asher, “who; because”) introduces the reason why the one being blessed deserves the honor.

88 tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”

1 Kings 9:20

89 tn Or “were afraid, trembled.”

1 Kings 9:21

90 sn Grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. The “horns” of the altar were the horn-shaped projections on the four corners of the altar (see Exodus 27:2). By going to the holy place and grabbing hold of the horns of the altar, Adonijah was seeking asylum from Solomon.

1 Kings 9:22

91 tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

92 tn Or “swear an oath to.”

1 Kings 9:23

93 tn Heb “if he is a man of strength [or ability].” In this context, where Adonijah calls himself a “servant,” implying allegiance to the new king, the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (‘ish khayil) probably carries the sense of “a worthy man,” that is, “loyal” (see HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל).

94 tn Heb “but if evil is found in him.”

1 Kings 9:24

95 tn Heb “sent and they brought him down.”

96 tn Heb “Go to your house.”

1 Kings 9:26

1 tn Heb “and the days of David approached to die.”

2 tn Or “commanded.”

1 Kings 9:27

3 tn Heb “going the way of all the earth.”

1 Kings 9:28

4 tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”

5 tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

6 tn Or “keeping.”

7 tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”