1 Kings 2:23

2:23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, ¹  if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! ² 

1 Kings 3:11

3:11 God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies, ³ 

1 Kings 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions ⁴  by obeying ⁵  my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, ⁶  then I will grant you long life.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 19:3

19:3 Elijah was afraid, ⁸  so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

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¹ tn Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”

² tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”

³ tn Heb “because you asked for this thing, and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask for yourself riches and did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment.”

⁴ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

⁵ tn Or “keeping.”

⁶ tn Heb “walked.”

⁷ tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

⁸ tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions support the reading “he was afraid.” The consonantal text (וַיַּרְא, vayyar’) is ambiguous and can be vocalized וַיַּרְא (from רָאָה, ra’ah, “to see”) or וַיִּרָא (vayyira’, from יָרֵא, yare’, “to fear”).