1 Kings 1:51
1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you;
1 see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise
2 me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”
1 Kings 2:29
2:29 When King Solomon heard
3 that Joab had run to the tent of the
Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada,
4 “Go, strike him down.”
1 Kings 2:39
2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”
1 Kings 10:7
10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story!
5 Your wisdom and wealth
6 surpass what was reported to me.
1 Kings 18:12-13
18:12 But when I leave you, the
Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you.
7 If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me.
8 That would not be fair,
9 because your servant has been a loyal follower of
10 the
Lord from my youth.
18:13 Certainly my master is aware of what I did
11 when Jezebel was killing the
Lord’s prophets. I hid one hundred of the
Lord’s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.
1 tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Or “swear an oath to.”
3 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
4 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”
5 tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”
6 tn Heb “good.”
7 tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”
8 tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”
9 tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.
10 tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).
9 tn Heb “Has it not been told to my master what I did…?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “Of course it has!”