1 Kings 1:35

1:35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed ¹  that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

1 Kings 8:28

8:28 But respond favorably to ²  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ³  the desperate prayer ⁴  your servant is presenting to you ⁵  today.

1 Kings 8:32

8:32 Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. ⁶ 

1 Kings 8:46

8:46 “The time will come when your people ⁷  will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, ⁸  whether far away or close by.

1 Kings 15:13

15:13 He also removed Maacah his grandmother ⁹  from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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¹ tn Or “commanded.”

² tn Heb “turn to.”

³ tn Heb “by listening to.”

⁴ tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

⁵ tn Heb “praying before you.”

⁶ tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by declaring the guilty to be guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”

⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “the land of the enemy.”

⁹ tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.