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 1:48
1:48 and said 2 this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because 3 today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’” 4
1 Kings 2:29
2:29 When King Solomon heard 5 that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, 6 “Go, strike him down.”
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 The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”
3 tn Or “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who….” In this blessing formula אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who; because”) introduces the reason why the one being blessed deserves the honor.
4 tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”
5 tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”
6 tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”