1 Raja-raja 2:9

2:9 But now ¹  don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; ²  make sure he has a bloody death.” ³ 

1 Raja-raja 3:13

3:13 Furthermore, I am giving ⁴  you what you did not request – riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 10:20

10:20 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ⁶ 

[2:9]  ¹ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.

[2:9]  ² tn Heb “what you should do to him.”

[2:9]  ³ tn Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”

[3:13]  ⁴ tn The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made.

[3:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “so that there is not one among the kings like you all your days.” The LXX lacks the words “all your days.”

[10:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for all the kingdoms.”