1 Kings 1:48
1:48 and said 1 this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because 2 today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’” 3
1 Kings 6:19
6:19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.
1 Kings 12:9
12:9 He asked them, “How do you advise me 4 to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?” 5
1 Kings 22:23
22:23 So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”
1 tn The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”
2 tn Or “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who….” In this blessing formula אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who; because”) introduces the reason why the one being blessed deserves the honor.
3 tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”
4 tn In the Hebrew text the verb “we will respond” is plural, although it can be understood as an editorial “we.” The ancient versions have the singular here.
5 tn Heb “Lighten the yoke which your father placed on us.”