1 Raja-raja 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ¹  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ²  to take care of the king’s needs ³  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ⁴  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 4:31

4:31 He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 22:52

22:52 He did evil in the sight of ⁷  the Lord and followed in the footsteps ⁸  of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. ⁹ 

[1:2]  ¹ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ² tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ³ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[4:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “his name was in all the surrounding nations.”

[22:52]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:52]  ⁸ tn Or “way.”

[22:52]  ⁹ 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.”