1 Raja-raja 18:29

18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, ¹  but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. ² 

1 Raja-raja 20:16

20:16 They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily ³  in their quarters. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 21:11

21:11 The men of the ⁵  city, the leaders ⁶  and the nobles who lived there, ⁷  followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. ⁸ 

[18:29]  ¹ tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”

[18:29]  ² tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta include the following words here: “When it was time to offer the sacrifice, Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations: ‘Stand aside for the time being, and I will offer my burnt offering.’ So they stood aside and departed.”

[18:29]  sn In 2 Kgs 4:31 the words “there was no sound and there was no response” are used to describe a dead boy. Similar words are used here to describe the god Baal as dead and therefore unresponsive.

[20:16]  ³ tn Heb “drinking and drunken.”

[20:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.

[21:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “his.”

[21:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “elders.”

[21:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the nobles who were living in his city.”

[21:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “did as Jezebel sent to them, just as was written in the scrolls which she sent to them.”