1 Kings 12:26

12:26 Jeroboam then thought to himself: ¹  “Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom. ² 

1 Kings 3:12

3:12 I ³  grant your request, ⁴  and give ⁵  you a wise and discerning mind ⁶  superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you. ⁷ 

1 Kings 4:29

4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding ⁸  was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.

1 Kings 8:47

8:47 When your people ⁹  come to their senses ¹⁰  in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; ¹¹  we have done evil.’

1 Kings 10:24

10:24 Everyone ¹²  in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ¹³ 

1 Kings 11:3

11:3 He had 700 royal wives ¹⁴  and 300 concubines; ¹⁵  his wives had a powerful influence over him. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 18:37

18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God ¹⁷  and that you are winning back their allegiance.” ¹⁸ 

1 Kings 3:9

3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind ¹⁹  so he can make judicial decisions for ²⁰  your people and distinguish right from wrong. ²¹  Otherwise ²²  no one is able ²³  to make judicial decisions for ²⁴  this great nation of yours.” ²⁵ 

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ²⁶  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ²⁷  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ²⁸ 

1 Kings 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, ²⁹  he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king ³⁰  and then went to their homes, happy and content ³¹  because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Kings 9:3

9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered ³²  your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; ³³  I will be constantly present there. ³⁴ 

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, ³⁵  their loyalty could shift to their former master, ³⁶  King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 21:7

21:7 His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! ³⁷  Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. ³⁸  I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”

[12:26]  ¹ tn Heb “said in his heart.”

[12:26]  ² tn Heb “Now the kingdom could return to the house of David.” The imperfect verbal form translated “could return” is understood as having a potential force here. Perhaps this is not strong enough; another option is “will return.”

[3:12]  ³ tn This statement is introduced in the Hebrew text by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to and emphasizes what follows.

[3:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “I am doing according to your words.” The perfect tense is sometimes used of actions occurring at the same time a statement is made.

[3:12]  ⁵ tn This statement is introduced by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to and emphasizes what follows. The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made (i.e., “right now I give you”).

[3:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[3:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “so that there has not been one like you prior to you, and after you one will not arise like you.”

[4:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “heart,” i.e., mind. (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[8:47]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:47]  ⁸ tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”

[8:47]  ⁹ tn Or “done wrong.”

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

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

[11:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “wives, princesses.”

[11:3]  ¹² sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. The usage in the present passage suggests that after the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (cf. also 2 Sam 21:10-14).

[11:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “his wives bent his heart.”

[18:37]  ¹³ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:37]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”

[3:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[3:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to judge.”

[3:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “to understand between good and evil.”

[3:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

[3:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

[3:9]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to judge.”

[3:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “your numerous people.”

[8:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[8:66]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

[8:66]  ²⁰ tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

[8:66]  ²¹ tn Heb “good of heart.”

[9:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “I have heard.”

[9:3]  ²² tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

[9:3]  ²³ tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

[12:27]  ²³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:27]  ²⁴ tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

[21:7]  ²⁵ tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”

[21:7]  ²⁶ tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”