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1 Kings 2

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^{1 Kings 2:4 [1]} Lit His word which He spoke.

^{1 Kings 2:5 [2]} Lit he also shed.

^{1 Kings 2:5 [3]} Lit girdle. The girdle was a band about six inches wide that had clasps or fasteners in front. It was worn around the loins (the midsection of the body between the lower ribs and the hips) and was normally made of leather. Expensive or embroidered girdles were also worn and were made of cotton, flax or silk. The girdle also served as a kind of pocket or pouch and was used to carry personal items such as a dagger, money, or other necessary things.

^{1 Kings 2:5 [4]} Lit loins.

^{1 Kings 2:10 [5]} Not the walled city today called "Old Jerusalem" but a peninsula of land extending south from the "old city."

^{1 Kings 2:15 [6]} Lit set their faces toward me.

^{1 Kings 2:16 [7]} Lit turn away my face; similarly in the following verses.

^{1 Kings 2:22 [8]} Even though Abishag remained a virgin while attending David during his final days, no one was closer to him. Bathsheba evidently did not view Abishag's status as David's former nurse to be problematic, but Solomon immediately perceived marriage to Abishag as a claim to the throne, which was Adonijah's true intention in making the request. Abishag would have been considered an inheritance from David.

^{1 Kings 2:23 [9]} Lit soul.

^{1 Kings 2:25 [10]} Lit fell upon.

^{1 Kings 2:26 [11]} Lit are a man of death.

^{1 Kings 2:29 [12]} Lit fall upon him.

^{1 Kings 2:31 [13]} Lit fall upon.

^{1 Kings 2:36 [14]} Lit here and there.

^{1 Kings 2:37 [15]} This was the border between the tribal territories of Judah and Benjamin, Shimei's tribe. Confinement in Jerusalem would stop Shimei from plotting against Solomon.

^{1 Kings 2:39 [16]} One of the five major cities of the Philistines.

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