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 17:13

17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. ⁴  But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.

1 Kings 18:44

18:44 The seventh time the servant ⁵  said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah ⁶  then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” ⁷ 

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 “according to your word.”

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”