1 Raja-raja 19:21

19:21 Elisha ¹  went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. ²  He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

1 Raja-raja 19:2

19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, ³  “May the gods judge me severely ⁴  if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!” ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 2:1

David’s Final Words to Solomon

2:1 When David was close to death, ⁶  he told ⁷  Solomon his son:

[19:21]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:21]  ² tn Heb “and with the equipment of the oxen he cooked them, the flesh.”

[19:2]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[19:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

[2:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the days of David approached to die.”

[2:1]  ⁷ tn Or “commanded.”