1 Kings 8:45

8:45 then listen from heaven to their prayers for help¹ and vindicate them.²

1 Kings 8:49

8:49 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help³ and vindicate them.⁴

1 Kings 18:28

18:28 So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual,⁵ mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood.⁶

1 Kings 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected⁷ the king, for they realized⁸ that he possessed supernatural wisdom⁹ to make judicial decisions.

1 Kings 8:59

8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him,¹⁰ so that he might vindicate¹¹ his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

1 Kings 4:28

4:28 Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.¹²

1 Kings 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul¹³ (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.¹⁴

1 Kings 7:7

7:7 He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions.¹⁵ It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters.¹⁶

1 Kings 8:58

8:58 May he make us submissive,¹⁷ so we can follow all his instructions¹⁸ and obey¹⁹ the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

1 Kings 9:4

9:4 You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.²⁰

1 Kings 20:40

20:40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.”²¹

1 Kings 2:3

2:3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you²² by following his instructions²³ and obeying²⁴ his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,²⁵

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,²⁶

1 Kings 6:12

6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow²⁷ my rules, observe²⁸ my regulations, and obey all my commandments,²⁹ I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.³⁰

1 Kings 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored³¹ you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.”³²

1 Kings 11:33

11:33 I am taking the kingdom from him³³ because they have³⁴ abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions³⁵ by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did.³⁶

¹tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”

²tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”

³tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”

⁴tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”

⁵tn Or “as was their custom.”

⁶tn Heb “until blood poured out on them.”

⁷tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

⁸tn Heb “saw.”

⁹tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”

⁹tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.”

¹⁰tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”

¹¹tn Heb “barley and straw for the horses and the steeds they brought to the place which was there, each according to his measure.”

¹³sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.

¹⁴tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”

¹⁵tn Heb “and a porch for the throne, where he was making judicial decisions, the Porch of Judgment, he made.”

¹⁶tc The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term הַקַּרְקָע (haqqarqa’, “the floor”) is probably an error; one should emend to הַקּוֹרוֹת (haqqorot, “the rafters”). See 6:16.

¹⁷tn Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the Lord our God be with us.” The Hebrew term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) here refers to the people’s volition and will.

¹⁸tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”

¹⁹tn Heb “keep.”

¹⁹tn Heb “As for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, by doing all which I commanded you, [and] you keep my rules and my regulations.” Verse 4 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 5.

²¹tn Heb “so [i.e., in accordance with his testimony] is your judgment, you have determined [it].”

²³tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”

²⁴tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

²⁵tn Or “keeping.”

²⁶tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”

²⁵tn 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.”

²⁷tn Heb “walk in.”

²⁸tn Heb “do.”

²⁹tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”

³⁰tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”

²⁹tn Or “delighted in.”

³⁰tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

³¹tn The words “I am taking the kingdom from him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³²tc This is the reading of the MT; the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate read “he has.”

³³tn Heb “walked in my ways.”

³⁴tn Heb “by doing what is right in my eyes, my rules and my regulations, like David his father.”