1 Kings 8:36

8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.

1 Kings 8:39

8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)

1 Kings 12:15

12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.


tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.

tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

tn Or “for an inheritance.”

tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.

tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.

tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”