1 Kings 3:12

3:12 I ¹  grant your request, ²  and give ³  you a wise and discerning mind ⁴  superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you. ⁵ 

1 Kings 22:4

22:4 Then he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army and horses are at your disposal.” ⁶ 

1 Kings 3:13

3:13 Furthermore, I am giving ⁷  you what you did not request – riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation. ⁸ 

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ⁹  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ¹⁰  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 13:18

13:18 The old prophet then said, ¹²  “I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord’s authority, ¹³  ‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.’” ¹⁴  But he was lying to him. ¹⁵ 

[3:12]  ¹ 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]  ² 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]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[3:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “so that there has not been one like you prior to you, and after you one will not arise like you.”

[22:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “Like me, like you; like my people, like your people; like my horses; like your horses.”

[3:13]  ¹¹ tn The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made.

[3:13]  ¹² tn Heb “so that there is not one among the kings like you all your days.” The LXX lacks the words “all your days.”

[8:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[13:18]  ²¹ tn Heb “and he said to him.”

[13:18]  ²² tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

[13:18]  ²³ tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”

[13:18]  ²⁴ tn Or “deceiving him.”