1 Raja-raja 13:11

13:11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. ¹  When his sons came home, they told their father ²  everything the prophet ³  had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 17:1

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17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), ⁵  there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 20:9

20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” ⁷  So the messengers went back and gave their report.

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. ⁸  Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” ⁹ 

[13:11]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:11]  ² tn Heb “and his son came and told him.” The MT has the singular here, but several other textual witnesses have the plural, which is more consistent with the second half of the verse and with vv. 12-13.

[13:11]  ³ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the actions which the man of God performed that day in Bethel, the words which he spoke to the king, and they told them to their father.”

[17:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

[20:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”

[22:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

[22:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “let your words be like the word of each of them and speak good.”