1 Kings 9:18

9:18 Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness, ¹ 

1 Kings 2:34

2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; ²  he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

1 Kings 19:15

19:15 The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came and then head for the Desert of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael king over Syria.

1 Kings 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ³  and asked the Lord to take his life: ⁴  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ⁵ 

[9:18]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has “in the wilderness, in the land.”

[2:34]  ² tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:4]  ³ tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

[19:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

[19:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “fathers.”