1 Raja-raja 1:31

1:31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor ¹  and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

1 Raja-raja 10:8

10:8 Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! ² 

1 Raja-raja 17:11

17:11 As she went to get it, he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread.” ³ 

1 Raja-raja 20:35

A Prophet Denounces Ahab’s Actions

20:35 One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, “Wound me!” ⁴  But the man refused to wound him.

1 Raja-raja 20:37

20:37 He found another man and said, “Wound me!” So the man wounded him severely. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”

² tn Heb “How happy are your men! How happy are these servants of yours, who stand before you continually, who hear your wisdom!”

³ tn The Hebrew text also includes the phrase “in your hand.”

⁴ tn Heb “Now a man from the sons of the prophets said to his companion by the word of the Lord, ‘Wound me.’”

⁵ tn Heb “and the man wounded him, wounding and bruising.”