1 Kings 3:6

3:6 Solomon replied, “You demonstrated ¹  great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served ²  you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. ³  You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. ⁴ 

1 Kings 19:10

19:10 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ⁵  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ⁶  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ⁷  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ⁸ 

1 Kings 19:14

19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal ⁹  to the Lord, the sovereign God, ¹⁰  even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, ¹¹  torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” ¹² 

1 Kings 19:21

19:21 Elisha ¹³  went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. ¹⁴  He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “did.”

[3:6]  ² tn Heb “walked before.”

[3:6]  ³ tn Heb “in faithfulness and in innocence and in uprightness of heart with you.”

[3:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and you have kept to him this great loyalty and you gave to him a son [who] sits on his throne as this day.”

[19:10]  ⁵ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:10]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[19:14]  ⁹ tn Or “very zealous.” The infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb emphasizes the degree of his zeal and allegiance.

[19:14]  ¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “the God of hosts.”

[19:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “abandoned your covenant.”

[19:14]  ¹² tn Heb “and they are seeking my life to take it.”

[19:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”