1 Kings 3:26

3:26 The real mother ¹  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ²  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ³  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ⁴  wide, the middle floor nine feet ⁵  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ⁶  feet wide. He made ledges ⁷  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ⁸ 

1 Kings 14:2

14:2 Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise ⁹  yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there. ¹⁰ 

[3:26]  ¹ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ² tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ³ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁷ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

[6:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

[14:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “Get up, change yourself.”

[14:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “look, Ahijah the prophet is there, he told me [I would be] king over this nation.”