1 Kings 8:23
8:23 He prayed: 1 “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty 2 to your servants who obey you with sincerity. 3
1 Kings 8:53
8:53 After all, 4 you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, 5 just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
1 tn Heb “said.”
2 tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.
3 tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”
4 tn Or “For.”
5 tn Heb “your inheritance.”