1 Kings 3:9

3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind ¹  so he can make judicial decisions for ²  your people and distinguish right from wrong. ³  Otherwise ⁴  no one is able ⁵  to make judicial decisions for ⁶  this great nation of yours.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 8:23

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

1 Kings 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, ¹¹  he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king ¹²  and then went to their homes, happy and content ¹³  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 ¹⁴  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; ¹⁵  I will be constantly present there. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, ¹⁷  their loyalty could shift to their former master, ¹⁸  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! ¹⁹  Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. ²⁰  I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”

[3:9]  ¹ tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[3:9]  ² tn Heb “to judge.”

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

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

[3:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

[3:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “to judge.”

[3:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “your numerous people.”

[8:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[8:66]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

[8:66]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

[8:66]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “good of heart.”

[9:3]  ²² tn Heb “I have heard.”

[9:3]  ²³ tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

[9:3]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

[12:27]  ²⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:27]  ³⁰ tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

[21:7]  ³⁶ tn Heb “You, now, you are exercising kingship over Israel.”

[21:7]  ³⁷ tn Heb “so your heart [i.e., disposition] might be well.”