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 2:5

2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. ³  During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; ⁴  when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. ⁵ 

1 Kings 2:35

2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of ⁶  the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. ⁷ 

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

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “She said, ‘Speak!’”

[2:5]  ³ tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”

[2:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”

[2:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.

[2:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “over.”

[2:35]  ⁶ tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.