1 Kings 7:7

7:7 He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. ¹  It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters. ² 

1 Kings 12:4

12:4 “Your father made us work too hard. ³  Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.” ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “and a porch for the throne, where he was making judicial decisions, the Porch of Judgment, he made.”

² tc The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term הַקַּרְקָע (haqqarqa’, “the floor”) is probably an error; one should emend to הַקּוֹרוֹת (haqqorot, “the rafters”). See 6:16.

³ tn Heb “made our yoke burdensome.”

⁴ tn Heb “but you, now, lighten the burdensome work of your father and the heavy yoke which he placed on us, and we will serve you.” In the Hebrew text the prefixed verbal form with vav (וְנַעַבְדֶךָ, [vÿna’avdekha] “and we will serve you”) following the imperative (הָקֵל [haqel], “lighten”) indicates purpose (or result). The conditional sentence used in the translation above is an attempt to bring out the logical relationship between these forms.