1 Kings 1:2

1:2 His servants advised¹ him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king,² to take care of the king’s needs³ and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you⁴ and keep our master, the king, warm.”⁵

1 Kings 11:38

11:38 You must obey⁶ all I command you to do, follow my instructions,⁷ do what I approve,⁸ and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David;⁹ I will give you Israel.

1 Kings 18:23

18:23 Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire.

¹tn Heb “said to.”

²tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

³tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

⁴tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

⁵tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

⁶tn Heb “If you obey.” In the Hebrew text v. 38 is actually one long conditional sentence, which has been broken into two parts in the translation for stylistic purposes.

⁷tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

⁸tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”

⁹tn Heb “I will build for you a permanent house, like I built for David.”