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1 Kings 1:19-21
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19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon. 20 Now,[a] my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.[b] 21 If a decision is not made,[c] when my master the king is buried with his ancestors,[d] my son Solomon and I[e] will be considered state criminals.”[f]

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  1. 1 Kings 1:20 tc Many Hebrew mss have עַתָּה (ʿattah, “now”) rather than the similar sounding independent pronoun אַתָּה (ʾattah, “you”).
  2. 1 Kings 1:20 tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”
  3. 1 Kings 1:21 tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.
  4. 1 Kings 1:21 tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”
  5. 1 Kings 1:21 tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  6. 1 Kings 1:21 tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”
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