1 Kings 2:19

2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet ¹  her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, ²  and she sat at his right hand.

1 Kings 2:30

2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. ³ 

1 Kings 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ⁴  he continued to appoint common people ⁵  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ⁶ 

1 Kings 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ⁷  and asked the Lord to take his life: ⁸  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ⁹ 

1 Kings 19:21

19:21 Elisha ¹⁰  went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. ¹¹  He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

¹ tn Or “meet.”

² tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”

³ tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

⁵ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

⁶ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

⁷ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”

⁷ tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

⁸ tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

⁹ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”