Discovery Box1 Kings 1:52 
Context1:52 Solomon said, “If he is a loyal subject, 1 not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor, 2 he will die.”
1 Kings 2:35
Context2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of 3 the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. 4
1 Kings 19:6
Context19:6 He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more. 5
1 tn Heb “if he is a man of strength [or ability].” In this context, where Adonijah calls himself a “servant,” implying allegiance to the new king, the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (’ish khayil) probably carries the sense of “a worthy man,” that is, “loyal” (see HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל).
2 tn Heb “but if evil is found in him.”
3 tn Heb “over.”
4 tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.
5 tn Heb “and again lay down”
