1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ¹  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ²  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ³ 

1 Kings 11:4

11:4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to ⁴  other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. ⁵ 

1 Kings 20:23

20:23 Now the advisers ⁶  of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.

[8:23]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ² tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ³ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[11:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “bent his heart after.”

[11:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “his heart was not complete with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.”

[20:23]  ⁷ tn Or “servants.”