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. ¹  But I despise ²  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ³  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

1 Kings 22:2

22:2 In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit ⁴  the king of Israel.

1 Kings 16:9-10

16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily ⁵  at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah, 16:10 Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king. ⁶ 

1 Kings 1:20-22

1:20 Now, ⁷  my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. ⁸  1:21 If a decision is not made, ⁹  when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, ¹⁰  my son Solomon and I ¹¹  will be considered state criminals.” ¹² 

1:22 Just then, ¹³  while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.

1 Kings 1:16

1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before ¹⁴  the king. The king said, “What do you want?”

[22:8]  ¹ tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[22:8]  ² tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ³ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.

[22:2]  ⁴ tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”

[16:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he became king in his place.”

[1:20]  ⁷ tc Many Hebrew mss have עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) rather than the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”).

[1:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”

[1:21]  ⁹ tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.

[1:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”

[1:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:21]  ¹² tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”

[1:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here draws attention to Nathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.

[1:16]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “bowed low and bowed down to.”