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 3:6

3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated ⁶  great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served ⁷  you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. ⁸  You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. ⁹ 

1 Kings 8:25

8:25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, ¹⁰  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ¹¹ 

1 Kings 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ¹²  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ¹³  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ¹⁴  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ¹⁶  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ¹⁷  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ¹⁸  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 19:21

19:21 Elisha ²⁰  went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. ²¹  He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

[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.”

[3:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “did.”

[3:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “walked before.”

[3:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

[3:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.”

[8:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

[8:25]  ¹² tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

[19:10]  ¹⁶ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:10]  ¹⁷ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:10]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:10]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[19:14]  ²¹ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:14]  ²² tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:14]  ²³ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:14]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[19:21]  ²⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:21]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”