1 Kings 1:21

1:21 If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

1 Kings 1:24

1:24 Nathan said, “My master, O king, did you announce, ‘Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne’?

1 Kings 1:31

1:31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”

1 Kings 1:33

1:33 and he told them, “Take your master’s servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:36

1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king: “So be it! 10  May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! 11 

1 Kings 3:17

3:17 One of the women said, “My master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was with me in the house.

1 Kings 11:23

11:23 God also brought against Solomon 12  another enemy, Rezon son of Eliada who had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.

1 Kings 18:7

18:7 As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. 13  When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, “Is it really you, my master, Elijah?”

1 Kings 20:4

20:4 The king of Israel replied, “It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.”


tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.

tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”

tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”

tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”

tn Heb “the king.”

tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”

tn Heb “answered and said.”

10 tn Or “Amen.”

11 tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”

12 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

13 tn Heb “look, Elijah [came] to meet him.”