1 Kings 3:22
3:22 The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king. 1
1 Kings 14:6
14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. 2
1 Kings 17:10
17:10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup 3 of water, so I can take a drink.”
1 Kings 17:13
17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. 4 But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.
1 tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”
2 tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”
3 tn Heb “a little.”
4 tn Heb “according to your word.”