1 Kings 2:9

2:9 But now ¹  don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; ²  make sure he has a bloody death.” ³ 

1 Kings 2:19

2:19 So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah’s behalf. The king got up to greet ⁴  her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king’s mother, ⁵  and she sat at his right hand.

[2:9]  ¹ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.

[2:9]  ² tn Heb “what you should do to him.”

[2:9]  ³ tn Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”

[2:19]  ⁴ tn Or “meet.”

[2:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “he set up a throne for the mother of the king.”