1 Kings 4:34

4:34 People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; ¹  they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

1 Kings 8:28

8:28 But respond favorably to ²  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ³  the desperate prayer ⁴  your servant is presenting to you ⁵  today.

1 Kings 8:52

8:52 “May you be attentive ⁶  to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. ⁷ 

1 Kings 10:24

10:24 Everyone ⁸  in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ⁹ 

1 Kings 3:11

3:11 God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies, ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 8:29

8:29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. ¹¹  May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. ¹² 

[4:34]  ¹ tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon.”

[8:28]  ² tn Heb “turn to.”

[8:28]  ³ tn Heb “by listening to.”

[8:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

[8:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “praying before you.”

[8:52]  ³ tn Heb “May your eyes be open.”

[8:52]  ⁴ tn Heb “to listen to them in all their calling out to you.”

[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.”

[3:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “because you asked for this thing, and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask for yourself riches and did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment.”

[8:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”

[8:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”