Discovery Box1 Kings 1:16 
Context1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before 1 the king. The king said, “What do you want?”
1 Kings 1:28
Context1:28 King David responded, 2 “Summon Bathsheba!” 3 She came and stood before the king. 4
1 Kings 1:43
Context1:43 Jonathan replied 5 to Adonijah: “No! 6 Our master 7 King David has made Solomon king.
1 Kings 3:24
Context3:24 The king ordered, “Get me a sword!” So they placed a sword before the king.
1 Kings 14:25
Context14:25 In King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.
1 Kings 22:2
Context22:2 In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit 8 the king of Israel.
1 Kings 22:29
Context22:29 The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead.
1 tn Heb “bowed low and bowed down to.”
2 tn Heb “answered and said.”
3 sn Summon Bathsheba. Bathsheba must have left the room when Nathan arrived (see 1:22).
4 tn Heb “she came before the king and stood before the king.”
5 tn Heb “answered and said.”
6 tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (’aval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.
7 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
8 tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
