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 2:6

2:6 Do to him what you think is appropriate, ³  but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death. ⁴ 

1 Kings 3:10

3:10 The Lord ⁵  was pleased that Solomon made this request. ⁶ 

1 Kings 3:5

3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared ⁷  to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell ⁸  me what I should give you.”

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

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “She said, ‘Speak!’”

[2:6]  ³ tn Heb “according to your wisdom.”

[2:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and do not bring down his grey hair in peace [to] Sheol.”

[3:10]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in v.15 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[3:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord, for Solomon asked for this thing.”

[3:5]  ⁷ tn Or “revealed himself.”

[3:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “ask.”