1 Raja-raja 2:9

2:9 But now ¹  don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; ²  make sure he has a bloody death.” ³ 

1 Raja-raja 3:5

3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared ⁴  to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell ⁵  me what I should give you.”

1 Raja-raja 3:13

3:13 Furthermore, I am giving ⁶  you what you did not request – riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation. ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 10:20

10:20 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 14:3

14:3 Take ⁹  ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

1 Raja-raja 14:22

14:22 Judah did evil in the sight of ¹⁰  the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done. ¹¹ 

1 Raja-raja 15:5

15:5 He did this ¹²  because David had done what he approved ¹³  and had not disregarded any of his commandments ¹⁴  his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

1 Raja-raja 21:20

21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, ¹⁵  “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah ¹⁶  replied, “I have found you, because you are committed ¹⁷  to doing evil in the sight of ¹⁸  the Lord.

1 Raja-raja 21:25

21:25 (There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed ¹⁹  to doing evil in the sight of ²⁰  the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. ²¹ 

1 Raja-raja 22:52

22:52 He did evil in the sight of ²²  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ²³  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ²⁴ 

[2:9]  ¹ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.

[2:9]  ² tn Heb “what you should do to him.”

[2:9]  ³ tn Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”

[3:5]  ⁴ tn Or “revealed himself.”

[3:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “ask.”

[3:13]  ⁶ tn The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made.

[3:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “so that there is not one among the kings like you all your days.” The LXX lacks the words “all your days.”

[10:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for all the kingdoms.”

[14:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “take in your hand.”

[14:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[14:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they made him jealous more than all which their fathers had done by their sins which they sinned.”

[15:5]  ¹² tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.

[15:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

[15:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”

[21:20]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and Ahab said to Elijah.” The narrative is elliptical and streamlined. The words “when Elijah arrived” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[21:20]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “you have sold yourself.”

[21:20]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[21:25]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “who sold himself.”

[21:25]  ²⁰ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[21:25]  ²¹ tn Heb “like Ahab…whom his wife Jezebel incited.”

[22:52]  ²² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:52]  ²³ tn Or “way.”

[22:52]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”