Discovery Box1 Kings 1:6 
Context1:6 (Now his father had never corrected 1 him 2 by saying, “Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom. 3 )
1 Kings 13:9
Context13:9 For the Lord gave me strict orders, 4 ‘Do not eat or drink 5 there and do not go home the way you came.’”
1 Kings 13:17
Context13:17 For the Lord gave me strict orders, 6 ‘Do not eat or drink 7 there; do not go back the way you came.’”
1 tn Or “disciplined.”
2 tn Heb “did not correct him from his days.” The phrase “from his days” means “from his earliest days,” or “ever in his life.” See GKC 382 §119.w, n. 2.
3 tn Heb “and she gave birth to him after Absalom.” This does not imply they had the same mother; Absalom’s mother was Maacah, not Haggith (2 Sam 3:4).
4 tn Heb “for this he commanded me by the word of the
5 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
6 tn Heb “for a word to me by the word of the
7 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
