1 Kings 1:12

1:12 Now ¹  let me give you some advice as to how ²  you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.

1 Kings 1:26

1:26 But he did not invite me – your servant – or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 3:23

3:23 The king said, “One says, ‘My son is alive; your son is dead,’ while the other says, ‘No, your son is dead; my son is alive.’”

1 Kings 8:42

8:42 When they hear about your great reputation ³  and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, ⁴  they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

1 Kings 8:51-52

8:51 After all, ⁵  they are your people and your special possession ⁶  whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace. ⁷ 

8:52 “May you be attentive ⁸  to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “now, come.” The imperative of הָלַךְ (halakh) is here used as an introductory interjection. See BDB 234 s.v. חָלַךְ.

² tn Or “so that.”

³ tn Heb “your great name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in the previous verse.

⁴ tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”

⁵ tn Or “for.”

⁶ tn Heb “inheritance.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew term כּוּר (kur, “furnace,” cf. Akkadian ku„ru) is a metaphor for the intense heat of purification. A כּוּר was not a source of heat but a crucible (“iron-smelting furnace”) in which precious metals were melted down and their impurities burned away (see I. Cornelius, NIDOTTE 2:618-19). Thus Egypt served not as a place of punishment for the Israelites, but as a place of refinement to bring Israel to a place of submission to divine sovereignty.

sn From the middle of the iron-smelting furnace. The metaphor of a furnace suggests fire and heat and is an apt image to remind the people of the suffering they endured while slaves in Egypt.

⁸ tn Heb “May your eyes be open.”

⁹ tn Heb “to listen to them in all their calling out to you.”