1 Kings 1:24

1:24 Nathan said, “My master, O king, did you announce, ‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?

1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ¹  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ²  to take care of the king’s needs ³  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ⁴  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 4:27

4:27 The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. ⁶  Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.

John 15:15

15:15 I no longer call you slaves, ⁷  because the slave does not understand ⁸  what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything ⁹  I heard ¹⁰  from my Father.

¹ tn Heb “said to.”

² tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

³ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

⁴ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

⁵ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

⁶ tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”

⁷ tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

⁸ tn Or “does not know.”

⁹ tn Grk “all things.”

¹⁰ tn Or “learned.”