1 Raja-raja 3:26

3:26 The real mother ¹  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ²  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ³  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Raja-raja 13:6

13:6 The king pled with ⁴  the prophet, ⁵  “Seek the favor of ⁶  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor ⁷  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? ⁹  If the Lord is the true God, ¹⁰  then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Raja-raja 22:34

22:34 Now an archer shot an arrow at random, ¹¹  and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ¹²  ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, ¹³  because I’m wounded.”

[3:26]  ¹ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ² tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

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

[13:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

[13:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

[13:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “appease the face of.”

[13:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

[13:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”

[18:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

[18:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the God.”

[22:34]  ¹¹ tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).

[22:34]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:34]  ¹³ tn Heb “camp.”