SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 2020 – Page 101

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 9:1

Section 9:1-9

The Lord appeared to Solomon for a second time

9:1a Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace,

When ⌊King⌋ Solomon had completed both Yahweh’s house and his own palace/house,
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⌊King⌋ Solomon’s ⌊workmen⌋ finished building the temple for Yahweh and the king’s own palace/mansion.

9:1b and had achieved all that he had desired to do,

and had built everything ⌊else⌋ he planned/wanted to build,
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Solomon also accomplished/fulfilled all his ⌊other⌋ building/construction plans.

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SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 10:5

10:5a the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers,

the food served on his table, his officials seated in their places, his servants standing there in their uniforms,
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the food he and his guests ate, his officials sitting around him, the robes of the servants who attended him in his house,

10:5b and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD,

the servants who gave him cups ⌊of wine⌋, and the burnt offerings he made in the temple of Yahweh.
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those who served him his food and drink, and the burnt offerings he offered in the house of worship of Yahweh.

10:5c it took her breath away.

She was breathless/overcome ⌊with admiration⌋.
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All this amazed/awed her.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 11:8

11:8a He did the same for all his foreign wives,

He built such shrines for each of his foreign wives,
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He had/ordered ⌊pagan⌋ worship places built/made for all his wives from other/pagan countries.

11:8b who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

and his wives burnt incense and sacrificed to their own gods.
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⌊This allowed/enabled them⌋ to offer sweet-smelling spices and to sacrifice animals to the gods of their own ⌊countries/lands⌋.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 11:40

11:40a Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt,

Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Shishak, the king of Egypt.
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Solomon tried to have Jeroboam killed/assassinated. But Jeroboam ran away to Egypt ⌊and found safety/asylum there⌋ with King Shishak.

11:40b where he remained until the death of Solomon.

He stayed there until the death of Solomon.
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He remained in Egypt until Solomon died.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 12:29

12:29 One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

He placed one ⌊calf⌋ in ⌊the city of⌋ Bethel and the second one in ⌊the city of⌋ Dan.⌊ ⌋
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Then Jeroboam set one ⌊of the golden calves⌋ in Bethel ⌊city⌋ ⌊in the south⌋ and the other one in Dan ⌊city⌋ ⌊in the north⌋.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 13:28

13:28a and he went and found the body lying in the road,

Then he set out ⌊on the path/way to Judah⌋ and found the body/corpse lying on the road,
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Then he left ⌊riding on the donkey⌋ and kept going until he saw the prophet from Judah lying dead on the road.

13:28b with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

with the donkey and the lion ⌊still⌋ standing beside it.
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He also saw that the donkey and the lion were standing near the dead body.

13:28c The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.

The lion had not eaten the corpse/man or attacked the donkey.
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But the lion had not eaten the flesh of the dead prophet and had not hurt/killed the donkey.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 14:26

14:26a He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD

He took away all the stored wealth from the temple/house of Yahweh,
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Shishak’s men ⌊then⌋ looted/plundered the valuable things from the house of Yahweh ⌊in Jerusalem⌋.

14:26b and of the royal palace.

and ⌊he also took away⌋ the wealth from the palace of the king.
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⌊They⌋ also ⌊looted/plundered⌋ the valuable things from the king’s house

14:26c He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

He took away everything. That included all the shields which Solomon had made with gold.
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He removed all that was valuable, even the shields of gold that Solomon had had made.

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 15:27

15:27a Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab,

Baasha the son of Ahijah from the tribe of Issachar made plans to act against him.
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A man named Baasha decided to get rid of Nadab. Baasha was a son of Ahijah, from the tribe descended from Issachar.

15:27b and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines

He assassinated/murdered Nadab at a town in Philistia called Gibbethon.
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He killed Nadab at Gibbethon, a city in ⌊the area/land of⌋ Philistia.

15:27c while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.

⌊This happened⌋ while Nadab and all the Israelite ⌊army⌋ were making war on Gibbethon.
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At that time Nadab and his army had surrounded the city in order to capture it.

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 2020