1 Raja-raja 1:20

1:20 Now, ¹  my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. ² 

1 Raja-raja 7:36

7:36 He engraved ornamental cherubs, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, ³  with wreaths ⁴  all around.

1 Raja-raja 8:38

8:38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, ⁵  as they acknowledge their pain ⁶  and spread out their hands toward this temple,

1 Raja-raja 15:13

15:13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother ⁷  from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

1 Raja-raja 15:15

15:15 He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 16:9

16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily ⁹  at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,

1 Raja-raja 16:11

16:11 When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends. ¹⁰ 

1 Raja-raja 20:20

20:20 Each one struck down an enemy soldier; ¹¹  the Syrians fled and Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad of Syria escaped on horseback with some horsemen.

[1:20]  ¹ tc Many Hebrew mss have עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) rather than the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”).

[1:20]  ² tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”

[7:36]  ³ tn Heb “according to the space of each.”

[7:36]  ⁴ tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

[8:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

[8:38]  ⁶ tn Heb “which they know, each the pain of his heart.”

[15:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

[15:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things (into) the house of the Lord, silver, gold, and items.” Instead of “his holy things,” a marginal reading (Qere) in the Hebrew text has “the holy things of [the house of the Lord].”

[16:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”

[16:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he did not spare any belonging to him who urinate against a wall, [including] his kinsmen redeemers and his friends.”

[20:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “each struck down his man.”