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.

Jeremiah 31:14

31:14 I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. 4 

My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”

Hosea 3:5

3:5 Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. 5  Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings 6  in the future. 7 

Romans 2:4

2:4 Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know 8  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 tn Heb “I will satiate the priests with fat.” However, the word translated “fat” refers literally to the fat ashes of the sacrifices (see Lev 1:16; 4:2 and cf. BDB 206 s.v. דֶּשֶׁן 2. The word is used more abstractly for “abundance” or “rich food” (see Job 36:16 and BDB 206 s.v. דֶּשֶׁן 1). The people and the priests were prohibited from eating the fat (Lev 7:23-24).

5 tn Heb “David their king”; cf. NCV “the king from David’s family”; TEV “a descendant of David their king”; NLT “David’s descendant, their king.”

6 tn Heb “his goodness”; NLT “his good gifts.”

7 tn Heb “in the end of the days.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, NLT “in the last days.”

8 tn Grk “being unaware.”