1 Kings 8:38-39

8:38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, ¹  as they acknowledge their pain ²  and spread out their hands toward this temple, 8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, ³  and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. ⁴  (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) ⁵ 

1 Kings 14:8

14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve. ⁶ 

[8:38]  ¹ tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

[8:38]  ² tn Heb “which they know, each the pain of his heart.”

[8:39]  ³ tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

[8:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

[8:39]  ⁵ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

[14:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “what was right in my eyes.”