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 2:15

2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom ⁶  was mine and all Israel considered me king. ⁷  But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. ⁸ 

1 Kings 13:6

13:6 The king pled with ⁹  the prophet, ¹⁰  “Seek the favor of ¹¹  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor ¹²  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. ¹³ 

[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.”

[2:15]  ⁶ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

[2:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

[13:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

[13:6]  ¹² tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

[13:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “appease the face of.”

[13:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

[13:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”