2 Chronicles 1:12

1:12 you are granted wisdom and discernment. ¹  Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.” ² 

2 Chronicles 9:27

9:27 The king made silver as plentiful ³  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ⁴  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands ⁵ .

2 Chronicles 17:5

17:5 The Lord made his kingdom secure; ⁶  all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he became very wealthy and greatly respected. ⁷ 

Proverbs 10:22

10:22 The blessing ⁸  from the Lord ⁹  makes a person rich, ¹⁰ 

and he adds no sorrow ¹¹  to ¹²  it.

¹ tn Heb “wisdom and discernment are given to you.”

² tn Heb “which was not so for the kings who were before you, and after you there will not be so.”

³ tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied for clarification.

⁴ tn Heb “he made cedar.”

⁵ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

⁶ tn Heb “established the kingdom in his hand.”

⁷ tn Heb “and he had wealth and honor in abundance.”

⁸ tn The term בְּרָכָּה (bÿrakhah, “blessing”) refers to a gift, enrichment or endowment from the Lord.

⁹ tn Heb “of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) functions here as a genitive of source.

¹⁰ tn Heb “makes rich” (so NASB); NAB “brings wealth.” The direct object “a person” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by the Hiphil verb; it is supplied in the translation.

¹¹ tn Heb “toil.” The noun עֶצֶב (’etsev) has a basic two-fold range of meanings: (1) “toil; labor” which produces pain and sorrow, and (2) “pain; sorrow” which is the result of toil and labor (BDB 780 s.v.). This is the word used of the curse of “toil” in man’s labor (Gen 3:17) and the “pain” in the woman’s child-bearing (Gen 3:16). God’s blessing is pure and untarnished – it does not bring physical pain or emotional sorrow.

¹² tn Heb “with.”