1 Kings 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ¹  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ²  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 8:35

8:35 “The time will come when ³  the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ⁴  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ⁵  and turn away from their sin because you punish ⁶  them,

1 Kings 12:14

12:14 and followed ⁷  the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. ⁸  My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.” ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

² tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

³ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 35-36a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

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

⁵ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew text has “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “to answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“to afflict”).

⁷ tn Heb “and spoke to them according to.”

⁸ tn Heb “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke.”

⁹ tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” See the note on the same phrase in v. 11.