1 Kings 8:28

8:28 But respond favorably to ¹  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ²  the desperate prayer ³  your servant is presenting to you ⁴  today.

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer, ⁵  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors ⁶  out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ⁷  That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 12:6

12:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served ⁸  his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, ⁹  “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

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¹ tn Heb “turn to.”

² tn Heb “by listening to.”

³ tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

⁴ tn Heb “praying before you.”

⁵ tn Heb “and they will say.”

⁶ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁷ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

⁸ tn Heb “stood before.”

⁹ tn Heb “saying.”