1 Kings 12:21

12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin ¹  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

1 Kings 13:25

13:25 Some men came by ²  and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. ³  They went and reported what they had seen ⁴  in the city where the old prophet lived.

1 Kings 20:32

20:32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, “Your servant ⁵  Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live!’” Ahab ⁶  replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 21:13

21:13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him ⁸  outside the city and stoned him to death. ⁹ 

[12:21]  ¹ tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”

[13:25]  ² tn Heb “Look, men were passing by.”

[13:25]  ³ tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:25]  ⁴ tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[20:32]  ³ sn Your servant. By referring to Ben Hadad as Ahab’s servant, they are suggesting that Ahab make him a subject in a vassal treaty arrangement.

[20:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:32]  ⁵ sn He is my brother. Ahab’s response indicates that he wants to make a parity treaty and treat Ben Hadad as an equal partner.

[21:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “led him.”

[21:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”