1 Kings 1:11

1:11 Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Has it been reported to you ¹  that Haggith’s son Adonijah has become king behind our master David’s back? ² 

1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ³  Please don’t refuse me.” ⁴  He said, ⁵  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Kings 19:20

19:20 He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah ⁶  said to him, “Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”

1 Kings 22:52

22:52 He did evil in the sight of ⁷  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ⁸  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “Have you not heard?”

² tn Heb “and our master David does not know.”

³ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

⁴ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

⁵ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁸ tn Or “way.”

⁹ tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”