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 1:36

1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded 2  to the king: “So be it! 3  May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! 4 

1 Kings 2:23

2:23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, 5  if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! 6 

1 Kings 2:36

2:36 Next the king summoned 7  Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem 8  and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 9 

1 Kings 8:58

8:58 May he make us submissive, 10  so we can follow all his instructions 11  and obey 12  the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

1 Kings 8:61

8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God 13  by following 14  his rules and obeying 15  his commandments, as you are presently doing.” 16 

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

2 tn Heb “answered and said.”

3 tn Or “Amen.”

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

5 tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

6 tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”

7 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

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9 tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

10 tn Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the Lord our God be with us.” The Hebrew term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) here refers to the people’s volition and will.

11 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”

12 tn Heb “keep.”

13 tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the Lord our God.”

14 tn Heb “walking in.”

15 tn Heb “keeping.”

16 tn Heb “as this day.”