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 8:66

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

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, ¹¹  their loyalty could shift to their former master, ¹²  King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

[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.”

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

[8:66]  ⁹ tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

[8:66]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “good of heart.”

[12:27]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[12:27]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”