1 Raja-raja 10:7

10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! ¹  Your wisdom and wealth ²  surpass what was reported to me.

1 Raja-raja 12:14

12:14 and followed ³  the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ⁴  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, ⁶  “May the gods judge me severely ⁷  if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 20:10

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely ⁹  if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” ¹⁰ 

[10:7]  ¹ tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”

[10:7]  ² tn Heb “good.”

[12:14]  ³ tn Heb “and spoke to them according to.”

[12:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke.”

[12:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” See the note on the same phrase in v. 11.

[19:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “saying.”

[19:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[19:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

[20:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[20:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”