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 3:26

3:26 The real mother ⁴  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ⁵  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ⁶  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

[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.”

[3:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ⁶ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.