1 Kings 1:28
Context1:28 King David responded, 1 “Summon Bathsheba!” 2 She came and stood before the king. 3
1 Kings 1:32
Context1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, 4 and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,
1 Kings 2:36
Context2:36 Next the king summoned 5 Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem 6 and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 7
1 Kings 8:52
Context8:52 “May you be attentive 8 to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. 9
1 Kings 9:13
Context9:13 Hiram asked, 10 “Why did you give me these cities, my friend 11 ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. 12
1 Kings 17:20-21
Context17:20 Then he called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?” 17:21 He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”
1 Kings 18:3
Context18:3 So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord. 13


[1:28] 1 tn Heb “answered and said.”
[1:28] 2 sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).
[1:28] 3 tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”
[1:32] 4 sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.
[2:36] 7 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
[2:36] 8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[2:36] 9 tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”
[8:52] 10 tn Heb “May your eyes be open.”
[8:52] 11 tn Heb “to listen to them in all their calling out to you.”
[9:13] 13 tn Heb “and he said.”
[9:13] 14 tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.
[9:13] 15 tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”
[18:3] 16 tn Heb “now Obadiah greatly feared the