1 Raja-raja 1:12-13

1:12 Now ¹  let me give you some advice as to how ²  you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life. 1:13 Visit ³  King David and say to him, ‘My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise ⁴  your servant, “Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne”? So why has Adonijah become king?’

[1:12]  ¹ tn Heb “now, come.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.

[1:12]  ² tn Or “so that.”

[1:13]  ³ tn Heb “come, go to.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.

[1:13]  ⁴ tn Or “swear an oath to.”