1 Kings 2:22

2:22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? 1  Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

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. 2 

1 Kings 12:7

12:7 They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.” 3 

1 Kings 13:6

13:6 The king pled with 4  the prophet, 5  “Seek the favor of 6  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor 7  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. 8 

1 Kings 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? 9  If the Lord is the true God, 10  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 tn Heb “for Adonijah.”

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

3 tn Heb “If today you are a servant to these people and you serve them and answer them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”

4 tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

5 tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

6 tn Heb “appease the face of.”

7 tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

8 tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”

5 tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

6 tn Heb “the God.”