1 Kings 4:34

4:34 People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom;¹ they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

1 Kings 8:28

8:28 But respond favorably to² your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer³ the desperate prayer⁴ your servant is presenting to you⁵ today.

1 Kings 8:52

8:52 “May you be attentive⁶ to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.⁷

1 Kings 10:24

10:24 Everyone⁸ in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.⁹

1 Kings 3:11

3:11 God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies,¹⁰

1 Kings 8:29

8:29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live.¹¹ May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.¹²

¹tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon.”

²tn Heb “turn to.”

³tn Heb “by listening to.”

⁴tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

⁵tn Heb “praying before you.”

³tn Heb “May your eyes be open.”

⁴tn Heb “to listen to them in all their calling out to you.”

⁴tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.

⁵tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”

⁵tn Heb “because you asked for this thing, and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask for yourself riches and did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment.”

⁶tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”

⁷tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”