Discovery Box1 Kings 1:31 
Context1:31 Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor 1 and said, “May my master, King David, live forever!”
1 Kings 1:36
Context1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded 2 to the king: “So be it! 3 May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! 4
1 Kings 1:48
Context1:48 and said 5 this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because 6 today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’” 7
1 Kings 2:44
Context2:44 Then the king said to Shimei, “You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. 8 The Lord will punish you for what you did. 9
1 Kings 3:17
Context3:17 One of the women said, “My master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was with me in the house.
1 Kings 8:15
Context8:15 He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled 10 what he promised 11 my father David.
1 Kings 8:18
Context8:18 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. 12
1 Kings 9:4
Context9:4 You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. 13
1 Kings 9:13
Context9:13 Hiram asked, 14 “Why did you give me these cities, my friend 15 ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. 16
1 Kings 10:6
Context10:6 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight 17 was true!
1 Kings 14:7
Context14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: “I raised you up 18 from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.
1 Kings 17:20-21
Context17:20 Then he called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?” 17:21 He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”
1 Kings 18:7
Context18:7 As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. 19 When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, “Is it really you, my master, Elijah?”
1 Kings 20:4
Context20:4 The king of Israel replied, “It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.”
1 tn Heb “bowed low, face [to] the ground, and bowed down to the king.”
2 tn Heb “answered and said.”
3 tn Or “Amen.”
4 tn Heb “So may the
5 tn The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”
6 tn Or “Blessed be the
7 tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”
8 tn Heb “You know all the evil, for your heart knows, which you did to David my father.”
9 tn Heb “The
10 tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his hand.”
11 tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his mouth.”
12 tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”
13 tn Heb “As for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, by doing all which I commanded you, [and] you keep my rules and my regulations.” Verse 4 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 5.
14 tn Heb “and he said.”
15 tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.
16 tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”
17 tn Heb “about your words [or perhaps, “deeds”] and your wisdom.”
18 tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 7-11 are one long sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (vv. 7-9) and the main clause announcing the punishment (vv. 10-11). The translation divides this lengthy sentence for stylistic reasons.
19 tn Heb “look, Elijah [came] to meet him.”
