1 Raja-raja 1:51

1:51 Solomon was told, “Look, Adonijah fears you; ¹  see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘May King Solomon solemnly promise ²  me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.’”

1 Raja-raja 2:7

2:7 “Treat fairly ³  the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, ⁴  because they helped me ⁵  when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

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, ⁶  so that he might vindicate ⁷  his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

1 Raja-raja 18:36

18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, ⁸  Elijah the prophet approached the altar ⁹  and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove ¹⁰  today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

1 Raja-raja 22:13

22:13 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. ¹¹  Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” ¹² 

[1:51]  ¹ tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:51]  ² tn Or “swear an oath to.”

[2:7]  ³ tn Heb “do loyalty with”; or “act faithfully toward.”

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “and let them be among the ones who eat [at] your table.”

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “drew near to.”

[8:59]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”

[18:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”

[18:36]  ⁹ tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:36]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “let it be known.”

[22:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

[22:13]  ¹² tn Heb “let your words be like the word of each of them and speak good.”