1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ¹  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ²  to take care of the king’s needs ³  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ⁴  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 11:21

11:21 While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away ⁶  and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, “Give me permission to leave ⁷  so I can return to my homeland.”

1 Kings 21:4

21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, ⁸  “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” ⁹  He lay down on his bed, pouted, ¹⁰  and would not eat.

[1:2]  ¹ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ² tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ³ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[11:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[11:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “send me away.”

[21:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”

[21:4]  ¹² tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

[21:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “turned away his face.”