1 Kings 1:4
1:4 The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her. 1
1 Kings 1:20
1:20 Now, 2 my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. 3
1 Kings 1:23-24
1:23 The king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor. 4
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 1:27
1:27 Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants 5 who should succeed my master the king on his throne?” 6
1 Kings 1:31
1:31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor 7 and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”
1 Kings 1:34
1:34 There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint 8 him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
1 Kings 1:36
1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded 9 to the king: “So be it! 10 May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! 11
1 Kings 1:53
1:53 King Solomon sent men to bring him down 12 from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, “Go home.” 13
1 Kings 9:11
9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre 14 twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.
1 Kings 15:17
15:17 King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. 15
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.”
1 Kings 22:26
22:26 Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son.
1 Kings 22:41
Jehoshaphat’s Reign over Judah
22:41 In the fourth year of King Ahab’s reign over Israel, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became king over Judah.
1 tn Heb “did not know her.”
2 tc Many Hebrew mss have עַתָּה (’attah, “now”) rather than the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (’attah, “you”).
3 tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”
4 tn Heb “ground.” Since this was indoors, “floor” is more appropriate than “ground.”
5 tc Many Hebrew mss and ancient textual witnesses agree with the Qere in reading this as singular, “your servant.”
6 tn Heb “From my master the king is this thing done, and you did not make known to your servants who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him?”
7 tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”
8 tn Or “designate” (i.e., by anointing with oil).
9 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 “sent and they brought him down.”
13 tn Heb “Go to your house.”
14 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
15 tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”