21:27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.
2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet 2 her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, 3 and she sat at his right hand.
2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. 4 During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; 5 when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. 6
1 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
2 tn Or “meet.”
3 tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”
3 tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”
4 tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”
5 tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.