1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹  Please don’t refuse me.” ²  He said, ³  “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 ⁴  and asked the Lord to take his life: ⁵  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ⁶ 

[2:20]  ¹ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

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

[2:20]  ³ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

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

[19:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

[19:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers.”