1 Kings 4:31

4:31 He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations. ¹ 

1 Kings 8:38-39

8:38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, ²  as they acknowledge their pain ³  and spread out their hands toward this temple, 8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ⁴  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. ⁵  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ⁶ 

1 Kings 8:46

8:46 “The time will come when your people ⁷  will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, ⁸  whether far away or close by.

1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord ⁹  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “his name was in all the surrounding nations.”

² tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

³ tn Heb “which they know, each the pain of his heart.”

³ tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

⁴ tn 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.

⁵ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “the land of the enemy.”

⁵ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

⁶ sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.