1 Kings 20:8

20:8 All the leaders and people said to him, “Do not give in or agree to his demands.”¹

1 Kings 8:32

8:32 Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.²

1 Kings 8:34

8:34 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

1 Kings 8:30

8:30 Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place.³ Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place⁴ and respond favorably.⁵

1 Kings 8:36

8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly⁶ you will then teach them the right way to live⁷ and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.⁸

1 Kings 8:39

8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin,⁹ and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives.¹⁰ (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)¹¹

1 Kings 8:43

8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners.¹² Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation,¹³ obey¹⁴ you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.¹⁵

1 Kings 11:38

11:38 You must obey¹⁶ all I command you to do, follow my instructions,¹⁷ do what I approve,¹⁸ and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David;¹⁹ I will give you Israel.

¹tn Heb “Do not listen and do not be willing.”

²tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by declaring the guilty to be guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”

³tn Heb “listen to the request of your servant and your people Israel which they are praying concerning this place.”

⁴tn Heb “and you, hear inside your dwelling place, inside heaven.” The precise nuance of the preposition אֶל (’el), used here with the verb “hear,” is unclear. One expects the preposition “from,” which appears in the parallel text in 2 Chr 6:21. The nuance “inside; among” is attested for אֶל (see Gen 23:19; 1 Sam 10:22; Jer 4:3), but in each case a verb of motion is employed with the preposition, unlike 1 Kgs 8:30. The translation above (“from inside”) is based on the demands of the immediate context rather than attested usage elsewhere.

⁵tn Heb “hear and forgive.”

⁴tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.

⁵tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

⁶tn Or “for an inheritance.”

⁵tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

⁶tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

⁷tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

⁶tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

⁷tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

⁸tn Heb “fear.”

⁹tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

⁷tn Heb “If you obey.” In the Hebrew text v. 38 is actually one long conditional sentence, which has been broken into two parts in the translation for stylistic purposes.

⁸tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

⁹tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”

¹⁰tn Heb “I will build for you a permanent house, like I built for David.”