1 Raja-raja 2:31

2:31 The king told him, “Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family ¹  the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds. ² 

1 Raja-raja 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ³  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ⁴  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ⁵  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ⁶ 

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! ⁷  Your wisdom and wealth ⁸  surpass what was reported to me.

1 Raja-raja 15:29

15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, ⁹  just as the Lord had predicted ¹⁰  through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Raja-raja 17:1

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), ¹¹  there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” ¹² 

[2:31]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[2:31]  ² tn Heb “take away the undeserved bloodshed which Joab spilled from upon me and from upon the house of my father.”

[2:42]  ³ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

[2:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “here or there.”

[2:42]  ⁶ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

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

[10:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “good.”

[15:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.”

[15:29]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[17:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ¹² tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”