1 Kings 3:9

3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind¹ so he can make judicial decisions for² your people and distinguish right from wrong.³ Otherwise⁴ no one is able⁵ to make judicial decisions for⁶ this great nation of yours.”⁷

1 Kings 8:16

8:16 He told David,⁸ ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live.⁹ But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

1 Kings 8:36

8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly¹⁰ you will then teach them the right way to live¹¹ and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.¹²

1 Kings 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started,¹³ he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king¹⁴ and then went to their homes, happy and content¹⁵ because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem,¹⁶ their loyalty could shift to their former master,¹⁷ King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up¹⁸ from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps¹⁹ and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.²⁰

1 Kings 18:21

18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision?²¹ If the Lord is the true God,²² then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

1 Kings 22:4

22:4 Then he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army and horses are at your disposal.”²³

¹tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

²tn Heb “to judge.”

³tn Heb “to understand between good and evil.”

⁴tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

⁵tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

⁶tn Heb “to judge.”

⁷tn Heb “your numerous people.”

⁸tn Heb “saying.”

⁹tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”

¹⁵tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.

¹⁶tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

¹⁷tn Or “for an inheritance.”

²²tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

²³tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

²⁴tn Heb “good of heart.”

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³⁰tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

³⁶tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

³⁷tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

³⁸tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

⁴³tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.

⁴⁴tn Heb “the God.”

⁵⁰tn Heb “Like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”