1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹  Please don’t refuse me.” ²  He said, ³  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Kings 10:22

10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ⁴  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ⁵  came into port with cargoes of ⁶  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ⁷ 

1 Kings 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ⁸  and asked the Lord to take his life: ⁹  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

² tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

³ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

⁴ tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

⁵ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

⁶ tn Heb “came carrying.”

⁷ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”

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.”