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 8:23

8:23 He prayed:⁸ “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty⁹ to your servants who obey you with sincerity.¹⁰

1 Kings 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started,¹¹ he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king¹² and then went to their homes, happy and content¹³ because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Kings 9:3

9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered¹⁴ your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home;¹⁵ I will be constantly present there.¹⁶

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem,¹⁷ their loyalty could shift to their former master,¹⁸ King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 21:7

21:7 His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel!¹⁹ Get up, eat some food, and have a good time.²⁰ I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”

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 “said.”

⁹tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

¹⁰tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

¹⁵tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

¹⁶tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

¹⁷tn Heb “good of heart.”

²²tn Heb “I have heard.”

²³tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

²⁴tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

²⁹map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

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

³⁶tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”

³⁷tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”