1 Kings 3:18

3:18 Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us. ¹ 

1 Kings 8:9

8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ²  It was there that ³  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 12:20

12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. ⁴ 

1 Kings 15:5

15:5 He did this ⁵  because David had done what he approved ⁶  and had not disregarded any of his commandments ⁷  his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

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¹ sn There was no one else in the house except the two of us. In other words, there were no other witnesses to the births who could identify which child belonged to which mother.

² sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.

³ tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

⁴ tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

⁵ tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”

⁷ tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”