1 Raja-raja 12:7

12:7 They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.” ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 22:17

22:17 Micaiah ²  said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’”

1 Raja-raja 22:27-28

22:27 Say, ‘This is what the king says, “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water ³  until I safely return.”’” ⁴  22:28 Micaiah said, “If you really do safely return, then the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take note, ⁵  all you people.”

[12:7]  ¹ tn Heb “If today you are a servant to these people and you serve them and answer them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”

[22:17]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:27]  ³ tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”

[22:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “come in peace.” So also in v. 28.

[22:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “Listen.”