1:11 God said to Solomon, “Because you desire this, 1 and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, 2 and because you did not ask for long life, 3 but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,
1:7 That night God appeared 4 to Solomon and said to him, “Tell me 5 what I should give you.”
1 tn Heb “because this was in your heart.”
2 tn Heb “the life of those who hate you.”
3 tn Heb “many days.”
4 tn Or “revealed himself.”
5 tn Heb “ask.”
7 tn Heb “and he was discerning and broke up from all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities.”
8 tn “and he asked for a multitude of wives.”
10 tn Heb “besides what she brought to the king.”
11 tn Heb “turned and went.”