1 Kings 8:36

8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly ¹  you will then teach them the right way to live ²  and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. ³ 

1 Kings 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ⁴  in the month Ethanim ⁵  (the seventh month).

1 Kings 6:27

6:27 He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. ⁶  Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room. ⁷ 

Jeremiah 6:16

6:16 The Lord said to his people: ⁸ 

“You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. ⁹ 

Ask where the old, reliable paths ¹⁰  are.

Ask where the path is that leads to blessing ¹¹  and follow it.

If you do, you will find rest for your souls.”

But they said, “We will not follow it!”

¹ tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.

² tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

³ tn Or “for an inheritance.”

⁴ sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

⁵ sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

⁷ tn Heb “in the midst of the inner house,” i.e., in the inner sanctuary.

⁸ tn Heb “and their wings were in the middle of the room, touching wing to wing.”

¹⁰ tn The words, “to his people” are not in the text but are implicit in the interchange of pronouns in the Hebrew of vv. 16-17. They are supplied in the translation here for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “Stand at the crossroads and look.”

¹² tn Heb “the ancient path,” i.e., the path the Lord set out in ancient times (cf. Deut 32:7).

¹³ tn Heb “the way of/to the good.”