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 20:13

The Lord Delivers Israel

20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? ⁴  Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

[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.”

[20:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “this great horde.”