1 Kings 1:36

1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded ¹  to the king: “So be it! ²  May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! ³ 

1 Kings 3:5

3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared ⁴  to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell ⁵  me what I should give you.”

1 Kings 4:29

4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding ⁶  was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.

1 Kings 5:4

5:4 But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.

1 Kings 8:17

8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire ⁷  to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. ⁸ 

1 Kings 8:26

8:26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made ⁹  to your servant, my father David, be realized. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 8:57

8:57 May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.

1 Kings 8:61

8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God ¹¹  by following ¹²  his rules and obeying ¹³  his commandments, as you are presently doing.” ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 10:24

10:24 Everyone ¹⁵  in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 11:23

11:23 God also brought against Solomon ¹⁷  another enemy, Rezon son of Eliada who had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.

1 Kings 22:53

22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, ¹⁸  angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. ¹⁹ 

[1:36]  ¹ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:36]  ² tn Or “Amen.”

[1:36]  ³ tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”

[3:5]  ⁴ tn Or “revealed himself.”

[3:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “ask.”

[4:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “heart,” i.e., mind. (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[8:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”

[8:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.” The word “name” in the OT sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[8:26]  ¹³ tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”

[8:26]  ¹⁴ tn Or “prove to be reliable.”

[8:61]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the Lord our God.”

[8:61]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “walking in.”

[8:61]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “keeping.”

[8:61]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “as this day.”

[10:24]  ¹⁹ tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.

[10:24]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”

[11:23]  ²² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:53]  ²⁵ tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”

[22:53]  ²⁶ tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”