1 Raja-raja 1:17

1:17 She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’

1 Raja-raja 1:29

1:29 The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me ¹  from every danger),

1 Raja-raja 1:48

1:48 and said ²  this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because ³  today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’” ⁴ 

[1:29]  ¹ tn Or “ransomed my life.”

[1:48]  ² tn The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”

[1:48]  ³ tn Or “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who….” In this blessing formula אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who; because”) introduces the reason why the one being blessed deserves the honor.

[1:48]  ⁴ tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”