1 Kings 9:1
The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning
9:1 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned, 1
1 Kings 1:48
1:48 and said
2 this: ‘The
Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because
3 today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’”
4
1 tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he wanted to do.”
2 tn The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”
3 tn Or “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who….” In this blessing formula אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who; because”) introduces the reason why the one being blessed deserves the honor.
4 tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”