1 Kings 12:7

12:7 They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.” ¹ 

1 Kings 17:13

17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. ²  But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.

1 Kings 18:25

18:25 Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” ³ 

1 Kings 20:42

20:42 The prophet ⁴  then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’” ⁵ 

1 Kings 21:15

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she ⁶  said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”

1 Kings 21:22

21:22 I will make your dynasty ⁷  like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah because you angered me and made Israel sin.’ ⁸ 

[12:7]  ¹ tn Heb “If today you are a servant to these people and you serve them and answer them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”

[17:13]  ² tn Heb “according to your word.”

[18:25]  ³ tc The last sentence of v. 25 is absent in the Syriac Peshitta.

[20:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “Because you sent away the man of my destruction [i.e., that I determined should be destroyed] from [my/your?] hand, your life will be in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.”

[21:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[21:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[21:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “because of the provocation by which you angered [me], and you caused Israel to sin.”