1 Kings 1:27

1:27 Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants ¹  who should succeed my master the king on his throne?” ² 

1 Kings 2:39

2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”

1 Kings 8:36

8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly ³  you will then teach them the right way to live ⁴  and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. ⁵ 

1 Kings 20:6

20:6 But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants’ houses. They will carry away all your valuables.” ⁶ 

[1:27]  ¹ tc Many Hebrew mss and ancient textual witnesses agree with the Qere in reading this as singular, “your servant.”

[1:27]  ² tn Heb “From my master the king is this thing done, and you did not make known to your servants who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him?”

[8:36]  ³ tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.

[8:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

[8:36]  ⁵ tn Or “for an inheritance.”

[20:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “all that is desirable to your eyes they will put in their hand and take.”