1 Kings 2:38

2:38 Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. ¹  Your servant will do as you say.” ²  So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. ³ 

1 Kings 3:17

3:17 One of the women said, “My master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was with me in the house.

1 Kings 8:15

8:15 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled ⁴  what he promised ⁵  my father David.

1 Kings 8:24

8:24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; ⁶  this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. ⁷ 

1 Kings 9:13

9:13 Hiram asked, ⁸  “Why did you give me these cities, my friend ⁹ ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 11:32

11:32 He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 14:7

14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: “I raised you up ¹¹  from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.

1 Kings 17:20-21

17:20 Then he called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?” 17:21 He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”

1 Kings 18:7

18:7 As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. ¹²  When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, “Is it really you, my master, Elijah?”

[2:38]  ¹ tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”

[2:38]  ² tn Heb “so your servant will do.”

[2:38]  ³ tn Heb “many days.”

[8:15]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his hand.”

[8:15]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his mouth.”

[8:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “[you] who kept to your servant David my father that which you spoke to him.”

[8:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “you spoke by your mouth and by your hand you fulfilled, as this day.”

[9:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he said.”

[9:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.

[9:13]  ¹² tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”

[14:7]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 7-11 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 7-9) and the main clause announcing the punishment (vv. 10-11). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.

[18:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “look, Elijah [came] to meet him.”