1 Kings 2:9
2:9 But now 1 don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; 2 make sure he has a bloody death.” 3
1 Kings 4:27
4:27 The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. 4 Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.
1 tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek and the Vulgate have here “you” rather than “now.” The two words are homonyms in Hebrew.
2 tn Heb “what you should do to him.”
3 tn Heb “bring his grey hair down in blood [to] Sheol.”
4 tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”