1 Raja-raja 3:12

3:12 I ¹  grant your request, ²  and give ³  you a wise and discerning mind ⁴  superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 3:14

3:14 If you follow my instructions ⁶  by obeying ⁷  my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, ⁸  then I will grant you long life.” ⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 11:28

11:28 Jeroboam was a talented man; ¹⁰  when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe ¹¹  of Joseph.

1 Raja-raja 16:8

Elah’s Reign over Israel

16:8 In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha’s son Elah became king over Israel; he ruled in Tirzah for two years.

1 Raja-raja 18:1

Elijah Meets the King’s Servant

18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, ¹²  “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”

1 Raja-raja 21:8

21:8 She wrote out orders, ¹³  signed Ahab’s name to them, ¹⁴  and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders ¹⁵  to the leaders ¹⁶  and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. ¹⁷ 

[3:12]  ¹ 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]  ² 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]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[3:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “so that there has not been one like you prior to you, and after you one will not arise like you.”

[3:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[3:14]  ⁷ tn Or “keeping.”

[3:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “walked.”

[3:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”

[11:28]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “man of strength.”

[11:28]  ¹¹ tn Heb “house.”

[18:1]  ¹² tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Elijah.”

[21:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “scrolls.”

[21:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in the name of Ahab.”

[21:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “scrolls.”

[21:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “elders.”

[21:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “to the nobles who were in his city, the ones who lived with Naboth.”