1 Raja-raja 1:27

1:27 Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants ¹  who should succeed my master the king on his throne?” ² 

1 Raja-raja 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ³  Please don’t refuse me.” ⁴  He said, ⁵  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Raja-raja 12:15

12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events ⁶  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ⁷  through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

1 Raja-raja 17:15

17:15 She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 22:3

22:3 The king of Israel said to his servants, “Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria.” ⁹ 

[1:27]  ¹ tc Many Hebrew mss and ancient textual witnesses agree with the Qere in reading this as singular, “your servant.”

[1:27]  ² tn Heb “From my master the king is this thing done, and you did not make known to your servants who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him?”

[2:20]  ³ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

[12:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.”

[12:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”

[17:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “and she ate, she and he and her house [for] days.”

[22:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “Do you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we hesitate to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course, you must know!”