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 4:3

4:3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, wrote down what happened. ⁵ 

Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records.

1 Kings 17:23

17:23 Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, “See, your son is alive!”

1 Kings 18:30

18:30 Elijah then told all the people, “Approach me.” So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down. ⁶ 

1 Kings 20:20

20:20 Each one struck down an enemy soldier; ⁷  the Syrians fled and Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad of Syria escaped on horseback with some horsemen.

1 Kings 20:38

20:38 The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes.

1 Kings 21:16

21:16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, ⁸  he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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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 “were scribes”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “secretaries”; TEV, NLT “court secretaries.”

⁶ sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.

⁷ tn Heb “each struck down his man.”

⁸ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words here: “he tore his garments and put on sackcloth. After these things.”