1 Raja-raja 2:8

2:8 “Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, ¹  who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. ²  He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised ³  him by the Lord, ‘I will not strike you down ⁴  with the sword.’

1 Raja-raja 8:47

8:47 When your people ⁵  come to their senses ⁶  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; ⁷  we have done evil.’

1 Raja-raja 8:59

8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, ⁸  so that he might vindicate ⁹  his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

1 Raja-raja 13:26

13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, ¹⁰  he said, “It is the prophet ¹¹  who rebelled against the Lord. ¹²  The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up ¹³  and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” ¹⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ¹⁵  he continued to appoint common people ¹⁶  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ¹⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 20:22

The Lord Gives Israel Another Victory

20:22 The prophet ¹⁸  visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses. ¹⁹  Determine ²⁰  what you must do, for in the spring ²¹  the king of Syria will attack ²²  you.”

[2:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, with you is Shimei….”

[2:8]  ² tn Heb “and he cursed me with a horrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim.”

[2:8]  ³ tn Or “swore an oath to.”

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “kill you.”

[8:47]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:47]  ⁶ tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”

[8:47]  ⁷ tn Or “done wrong.”

[8:59]  ⁸ tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.”

[8:59]  ⁹ tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”

[13:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”

[13:26]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:26]  ¹² tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

[13:26]  ¹³ tn Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”

[13:26]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to him.”

[13:33]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

[13:33]  ¹⁶ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

[13:33]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”

[20:22]  ¹⁸ tn The definite article indicates previous reference, that is, “the prophet mentioned earlier” (see v. 13).

[20:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “strengthen yourself.”

[20:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “know and see.”

[20:22]  ²¹ tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”

[20:22]  ²² tn Heb “go up against.”