1 Raja-raja 3:9

3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind ¹  so he can make judicial decisions for ²  your people and distinguish right from wrong. ³  Otherwise ⁴  no one is able ⁵  to make judicial decisions for ⁶  this great nation of yours.” ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 3:26

3:26 The real mother ⁸  spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. ⁹  She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” ¹⁰  But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

1 Raja-raja 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ¹¹  wide, the middle floor nine feet ¹²  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ¹³  feet wide. He made ledges ¹⁴  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ¹⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 8:50

8:50 Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them. ¹⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 9:3

9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered ¹⁷  your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; ¹⁸  I will be constantly present there. ¹⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ²⁰  you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” ²¹ 

1 Raja-raja 12:21

12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin ²²  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

1 Raja-raja 20:28

20:28 The prophet ²³  visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. ²⁴  Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

[3:9]  ¹ tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[3:9]  ² tn Heb “to judge.”

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

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

[3:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

[3:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “to judge.”

[3:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “your numerous people.”

[3:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “the woman whose son was alive.”

[3:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “for her compassions grew warm for her son.”

[3:26]  ¹⁰ tn The infinitive absolute before the negated jussive emphasizes the main verb.

[6:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6]  ¹² tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

[6:6]  ¹⁴ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

[6:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

[8:50]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and forgive your people who have sinned against you, [forgive] all their rebellious acts by which they rebelled against you, and grant them mercy before their captors so they will show them mercy.”

[9:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I have heard.”

[9:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).

[9:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”

[10:9]  ²⁰ tn Or “delighted in.”

[10:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

[12:21]  ²² tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”

[20:28]  ²³ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[20:28]  ²⁴ tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”