1 Kings 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ¹  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ²  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ³  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ⁴ 

1 Kings 3:9

3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind ⁵  so he can make judicial decisions for ⁶  your people and distinguish right from wrong. ⁷  Otherwise ⁸  no one is able ⁹  to make judicial decisions for ¹⁰  this great nation of yours.” ¹¹ 

1 Kings 14:13

14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family ¹²  who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.

1 Kings 18:24

18:24 Then you ¹³  will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” ¹⁴  All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ¹⁶  and asked the Lord to take his life: ¹⁷  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ¹⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

² tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

³ tn Heb “here or there.”

⁴ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

⁵ tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

⁶ tn Heb “to judge.”

⁷ tn Heb “to understand between good and evil.”

⁸ tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

⁹ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “to judge.”

¹¹ tn Heb “your numerous people.”

⁹ tn Heb “house.”

¹³ tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

¹⁴ tn Heb “the God.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”

¹⁷ tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

¹⁸ tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “fathers.”