1 Kings 2:16

2:16 Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” ¹  She said, “Go ahead and ask.” ² 

1 Kings 2:2

2:2 “I am about to die. ³  Be strong and become a man!

1 Kings 2:18

2:18 Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine, ⁴  I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”

1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ⁵  Please don’t refuse me.” ⁶  He said, ⁷  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Kings 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ⁸  and asked the Lord to take his life: ⁹  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ¹⁰ 

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “She said, ‘Speak!’”

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “going the way of all the earth.”

[2:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “[It is] good!”

[2:20]  ⁷ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

[2:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

[19:4]  ⁹ tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

[19:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

[19:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “fathers.”