1 Kings 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, ¹  he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king ²  and then went to their homes, happy and content ³  because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

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 7:10

7:10 The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet. ⁶ 

Nehemiah 9:25

9:25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things – wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full ⁷  and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness.

Nehemiah 9:35

9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible ⁸  goodness that you had lavished ⁹  on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set ¹⁰  before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

Zechariah 9:17

9:17 How precious and fair! ¹¹  Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.

Romans 2:4

2:4 Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know ¹²  that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

¹ tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

² tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

³ tn Heb “good of heart.”

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.

⁶ tn Heb “stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits” (it is unclear exactly what dimension is being measured). If both numbers refer to the length of the stones (cf. NCV, CEV, NLT), then perhaps stones of two different sizes were used in some alternating pattern.

⁷ tn Heb “they ate and were sated.” This expression is a hendiadys. The first verb retains its full verbal sense, while the second functions adverbially: “they ate and were filled” = “they ate until they were full.”

⁸ tn Heb “great.”

⁹ tn Heb “given them.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “given.”

¹¹ sn This expostulation best fits the whole preceding description of God’s eschatological work on behalf of his people. His goodness is especially evident in his nurturing of the young men and women of his kingdom.

¹² tn Grk “being unaware.”