Discovery Box1 Kings 1:47 
Context1:47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate 1 our master 2 King David, saying, ‘May your God 3 make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’ 4 Then the king leaned 5 on the bed
1 Kings 2:30
Context2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. 6
1 Kings 8:47
Context8:47 When your people 7 come to their senses 8 in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; 9 we have done evil.’
1 Kings 14:6
Context14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. 10
1 tn Heb “to bless.”
2 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.
3 tc Many Hebrew
4 tn Heb “make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.” The term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) is used here of one’s fame and reputation.
5 tn Or “bowed down; worshiped.”
6 tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”
7 tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”
9 tn Or “done wrong.”
10 tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”
