1 Kings 2:33

2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, ¹  and his dynasty.” ² 

1 Kings 8:29

8:29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. ³  May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. ⁴ 

1 Kings 8:52

8:52 “May you be attentive ⁵  to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. ⁶ 

1 Kings 8:57

8:57 May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.

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¹ tn Heb “house.”

² tn Heb “his throne.”

³ tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”

⁴ tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”

⁵ tn Heb “May your eyes be open.”

⁶ tn Heb “to listen to them in all their calling out to you.”