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 1 and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”
1 Kings 1:33
1:33 and he 2 told them, “Take your master’s 3 servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon. 4
1 Kings 1:36
1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded 5 to the king: “So be it! 6 May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! 7
1 Kings 2:38
2:38 Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. 8 Your servant will do as you say.” 9 So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 10
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 tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”
2 tn Heb “the king.”
3 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
4 tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”
5 tn Heb “answered and said.”
6 tn Or “Amen.”
7 tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”
8 tn Heb “Good is the word, as my master the king has spoken.”
9 tn Heb “so your servant will do.”
10 tn Heb “many days.”