1 Kings 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 Kings 11:11
11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, 8 I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
1 Kings 11:21
11:21 While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away 9 and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, “Give me permission to leave 10 so I can return to my homeland.”
1 Kings 11:31
11:31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.
1 Kings 13:8
13:8 But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, 11 I could not go with you and eat and drink 12 in this place.
1 Kings 14:6
14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. 13
1 Kings 17:1
Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory
17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), 14 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 15
1 Kings 17:10
17:10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup 16 of water, so I can take a drink.”
1 tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)
2 tn Heb “to judge.”
3 tn Heb “to understand between good and evil.”
4 tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.
5 tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”
6 tn Heb “to judge.”
7 tn Heb “your numerous people.”
8 tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”
9 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
10 tn Heb “send me away.”
11 tn Heb “house.”
12 tn Heb “eat food and drink water.”
13 tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”
14 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
15 tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”
16 tn Heb “a little.”