1 Kings 4:29

4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding ¹  was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.

1 Kings 10:2

10:2 She arrived in Jerusalem ²  with a great display of pomp, ³  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ⁴  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

1 Kings 3:9

3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind ⁵  so he can make judicial decisions for ⁶  your people and distinguish right from wrong. ⁷  Otherwise ⁸  no one is able ⁹  to make judicial decisions for ¹⁰  this great nation of yours.” ¹¹ 

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 3:12

3:12 I ¹⁴  grant your request, ¹⁵  and give ¹⁶  you a wise and discerning mind ¹⁷  superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you. ¹⁸ 

1 Kings 8:17

8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire ¹⁹  to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. ²⁰ 

1 Kings 8:48

8:48 When they return to you with all their heart and being ²¹  in the land where they are held prisoner, ²²  and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, ²³ 

1 Kings 9:1

The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

9:1 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned, ²⁴ 

1 Kings 17:18

17:18 She asked Elijah, “Why, prophet, have you come ²⁵  to me to confront me with ²⁶  my sin and kill my son?”

1 Kings 11:11

11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, ²⁷  I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 2:4

2:4 and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ²⁸  ‘If your descendants watch their step ²⁹  and live faithfully in my presence ³⁰  with all their heart and being, ³¹  then,’ he promised, ³²  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ³³ 

[4:29]  ¹ tn Heb “heart,” i.e., mind. (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[10:2]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:2]  ³ tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew term חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or to the great wealth she brought with her.

[10:2]  ⁴ tn Or “balsam oil.”

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

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “to judge.”

[3:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “to understand between good and evil.”

[3:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

[3:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

[3:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “to judge.”

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

[10:24]  ⁴ tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.

[10:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”

[3:12]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[3:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “so that there has not been one like you prior to you, and after you one will not arise like you.”

[8:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”

[8:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.” The word “name” in the OT sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[8:48]  ⁷ tn Or “soul.”

[8:48]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the land of their enemies.”

[8:48]  ⁹ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

[9:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he wanted to do.”

[17:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “What to me and to you, man of God, that you have come.”

[17:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to make me remember.”

[11:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”

[2:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “then the Lord will establish his word which he spoke to me, saying.”

[2:4]  ¹² tn Heb “guard their way.”

[2:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “by walking before me in faithfulness.”

[2:4]  ¹⁴ tn Or “soul.”

[2:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “saying.”

[2:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “there will not be cut off from you a man from upon the throne of Israel.”