Discovery Box1 Kings 1:4 
Context1:4 The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her. 1
1 Kings 2:7
Context2:7 “Treat fairly 2 the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, 3 because they helped me 4 when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.
1 Kings 18:24
Context18:24 Then you 5 will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” 6 All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” 7
1 Kings 18:32
Context18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. 8 Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs 9 of seed.
1 tn Heb “did not know her.”
2 tn Heb “do loyalty with”; or “act faithfully toward.”
3 tn Heb “and let them be among the ones who eat [at] your table.”
4 tn Heb “drew near to.”
5 tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.
6 tn Heb “the God.”
7 tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”
8 tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the
9 tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.
