1 Raja-raja 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹  Please don’t refuse me.” ²  He said, ³  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Raja-raja 4:27

4:27 The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. ⁴  Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.

1 Raja-raja 10:19

10:19 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 12:25

Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves

12:25 ⁶ Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

1 Raja-raja 13:25

13:25 Some men came by ⁷  and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. ⁸  They went and reported what they had seen ⁹  in the city where the old prophet lived.

1 Raja-raja 16:9

16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily ¹⁰  at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,

1 Raja-raja 20:12

20:12 When Ben Hadad received this reply, ¹¹  he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. ¹²  He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city.

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.

[2:20]  ¹ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

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

[2:20]  ³ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

[4:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”

[10:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”

[12:25]  ⁶ tc The Old Greek translation has here a lengthy section consisting of twenty-three verses that are not found in the MT.

[13:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look, men were passing by.”

[13:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:25]  ⁹ tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[16:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”

[20:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “When he heard this word.”

[20:12]  ¹² tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.