Discovery Box1 Kings 1:25 
Context1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment 1 they are having a feast 2 in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ 3
1 Kings 2:26
Context2:26 The king then told Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your property 4 in Anathoth. You deserve to die, 5 but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times.” 6
1 Kings 18:36
Context18:36 When it was time for the evening offering, 7 Elijah the prophet approached the altar 8 and prayed: “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove 9 today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
1 tn Heb “look.”
2 tn Heb “eating and drinking.”
3 tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”
4 tn Or “field.”
5 tn Heb “you are a man of death.”
6 tn Heb “and because you suffered through all which my father suffered.”
7 tn Heb “at the offering up of the offering.”
8 tn The words “the altar” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
9 tn Heb “let it be known.”
