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!”

1 Kings 8:64

8:64 That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings. ⁷ 

1 Kings 15:20

15:20 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. ⁸  They conquered ⁹  Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth. ¹⁰ 

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. ¹¹  But I despise ¹²  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ¹³  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.”

[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.

[8:64]  ⁷ tn Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.”

[15:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”

[15:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he struck down.”

[15:20]  ¹² tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”

[22:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[22:8]  ¹⁴ tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ¹⁵ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.