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 11:21
11:21 While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away 8 and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, “Give me permission to leave 9 so I can return to my homeland.”
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 10 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 “lay down with his fathers.”
9 tn Heb “send me away.”
10 tn Heb “a little.”