1 Kings 2:26

2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property ¹  in Anathoth. You deserve to die, ²  but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” ³ 

1 Kings 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ⁴  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ⁵  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 3:26

3:26 The real mother ⁶  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ⁷  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ⁸  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Kings 8:25

8:25 Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, ⁹  provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 20:28

20:28 The prophet ¹¹  visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. ¹²  Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Kings 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ¹³  But I despise ¹⁴  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹⁵  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

[2:26]  ¹ tn Or “field.”

[2:26]  ² tn Heb “you are a man of death.”

[2:26]  ³ tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”

[2:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

[2:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

[3:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ⁹ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

[8:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from before me sitting on the throne of Israel.”

[8:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “guard their way by walking before me as you have walked before me.”

[20:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[20:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”

[22:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[22:8]  ¹⁷ tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ¹⁸ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.