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 2:7

2:7 “Treat fairly ²  the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, ³  because they helped me ⁴  when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.

1 Kings 18:24

18:24 Then you ⁵  will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” ⁶  All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 18:32

18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. ⁸  Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs ⁹  of seed.

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¹ tn Heb “did not know her.”

² tn Heb “do loyalty with”; or “act faithfully toward.”

³ tn Heb “and let them be among the ones who eat [at] your table.”

⁴ tn Heb “drew near to.”

⁵ tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

⁶ tn Heb “the God.”

⁷ tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”

⁸ tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the Lord.”

⁹ tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.