1 Raja-raja 2:42

2:42 the king summoned ¹  Shimei and said to him, “You will recall ²  that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, ‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, ³  know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me, ‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’ ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 3:26

3:26 The real mother ⁵  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ⁶  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ⁷  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Raja-raja 20:36

20:36 So the prophet ⁸  said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

[2:42]  ¹ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:42]  ² tn Heb “Is it not [true]…?” In the Hebrew text the statement is interrogative; the rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course it is.”

[2:42]  ³ tn Heb “here or there.”

[2:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “good is the word; I have heard.”

[3:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ⁷ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

[20:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.