1 Raja-raja 1:23

1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 8:27

8:27 “God does not really live on the earth! ²  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

1 Raja-raja 13:3

13:3 That day he also announced ³  a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: ⁴  The altar will be split open and the ashes ⁵  on it will fall to the ground.” ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 17:9

17:9 “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told ⁷  a widow who lives there to provide for you.”

1 Raja-raja 20:40

20:40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.” ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 21:18

21:18 “Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it.

1 Raja-raja 22:23

22:23 So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”

[1:23]  ¹ tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”

[8:27]  ² tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.

[13:3]  ³ tn Heb “gave.”

[13:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “spoken.”

[13:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

[13:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “will be poured out.”

[17:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look, I have commanded.”

[20:40]  ⁸ tn Heb “so [i.e., in accordance with his testimony] is your judgment, you have determined [it].”