1 Kings 1:3

1:3 So they looked through all Israel ¹  for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 4:31

4:31 He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations. ² 

1 Kings 8:52

8:52 “May you be attentive ³  to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. ⁴ 

1 Kings 8:58

8:58 May he make us submissive, ⁵  so we can follow all his instructions ⁶  and obey ⁷  the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

1 Kings 15:3

15:3 He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been. ⁸ 

1 Kings 16:26

16:26 He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; ⁹  they angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. ¹⁰ 

[1:3]  ¹ tn Heb “through all the territory of Israel.”

[4:31]  ² tn Heb “his name was in all the surrounding nations.”

[8:52]  ³ tn Heb “May your eyes be open.”

[8:52]  ⁴ tn Heb “to listen to them in all their calling out to you.”

[8:58]  ⁴ tn Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the Lord our God be with us.” The Hebrew term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) here refers to the people’s volition and will.

[8:58]  ⁵ tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”

[8:58]  ⁶ tn Heb “keep.”

[15:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”

[16:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sin which he made Israel sin.”

[16:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “angering the Lord God of Israel with their empty things.”