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 2:23
Context2:23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, “May God judge me severely, 5 if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! 6
1 Kings 2:36
Context2:36 Next the king summoned 7 Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem 8 and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 9
1 Kings 8:58
Context8:58 May he make us submissive, 10 so we can follow all his instructions 11 and obey 12 the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.
1 Kings 8:61
Context8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God 13 by following 14 his rules and obeying 15 his commandments, as you are presently doing.” 16
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 Heb “So may God do to me, and so may he add.”
6 tn Heb “if with his life Adonijah has not spoken this word.”
7 tn Heb “sent and summoned.”
8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
9 tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”
10 tn Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the
11 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”
12 tn Heb “keep.”
13 tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the
14 tn Heb “walking in.”
15 tn Heb “keeping.”
16 tn Heb “as this day.”
