1 Kings 1:47

1:47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate ¹  our master ²  King David, saying, ‘May your God ³  make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’ ⁴  Then the king leaned ⁵  on the bed

1 Kings 5:7

5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he ⁶  has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

1 Kings 8:56

8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure ⁷  just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! ⁸ 

1 Kings 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, ⁹  he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king ¹⁰  and then went to their homes, happy and content ¹¹  because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Kings 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ¹²  you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” ¹³ 

1 Kings 21:13

21:13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him ¹⁴  outside the city and stoned him to death. ¹⁵ 

[1:47]  ¹ tn Heb “to bless.”

[1:47]  ² tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

[1:47]  ³ tc Many Hebrew mss agree with the Qere in reading simply “God.”

[1:47]  ⁴ tn Heb “make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.” The term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) is used here of one’s fame and reputation.

[1:47]  ⁵ tn Or “bowed down; worshiped.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”

[8:56]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”

[8:56]  ¹² tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”

[8:66]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

[8:66]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

[8:66]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “good of heart.”

[10:9]  ²¹ tn Or “delighted in.”

[10:9]  ²² tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

[21:13]  ²⁶ tn Heb “led him.”

[21:13]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and they stoned him with stones and he died.”