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 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started,⁸ he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king⁹ and then went to their homes, happy and content¹⁰ 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,¹¹ their loyalty could shift to their former master,¹² King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

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

⁹tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

¹⁰tn Heb “good of heart.”

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¹⁶tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”