1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹  Please don’t refuse me.” ²  He said, ³  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Kings 8:47

8:47 When your people ⁴  come to their senses ⁵  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; ⁶  we have done evil.’

1 Kings 21:15

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she ⁷  said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”

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¹ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

² tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

³ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”

⁶ tn Or “done wrong.”

⁷ tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.