1 Kings 18:39

18:39 When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “The Lord is the true God! ¹  The Lord is the true God!”

1 Kings 2:15

2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom ²  was mine and all Israel considered me king. ³  But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. ⁴ 

1 Kings 7:9

7:9 All of these were built with the best ⁵  stones, chiseled to the right size ⁶  and cut with a saw on all sides, ⁷  from the foundation to the edge of the roof ⁸  and from the outside to the great courtyard.

1 Kings 8:35

8:35 “The time will come when ⁹  the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ¹⁰  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ¹¹  and turn away from their sin because you punish ¹²  them,

1 Kings 8:44

8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, ¹³  and they direct their prayers to the Lord ¹⁴  toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, ¹⁵ 

[18:39]  ¹ tn Heb “the God” (the phrase occurs twice in this verse).

[2:15]  ² tn Or “kingship.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

[2:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

[7:9]  ³ tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).

[7:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”

[7:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “inside and out.”

[7:9]  ⁶ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת (tÿfakhot) is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.

[8:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 35-36a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[8:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[8:35]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “to answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“to afflict”).

[8:44]  ⁵ tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”

[8:44]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “to you, O Lord.” See 2 Chr 6:34.

[8:44]  ⁷ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.