1 Kings 8:39
8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, 1 and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. 2 (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) 3
1 Kings 10:7
10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! 4 Your wisdom and wealth 5 surpass what was reported to me.
1 Kings 14:11
14:11 Dogs will eat the members of your family 6 who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”’ Indeed, the Lord has announced it!
1 Kings 19:20
19:20 He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah 7 said to him, “Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”
1 Kings 20:7
20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders 8 of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. 9 Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”
1 tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.
2 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.
3 tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”
4 tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”
5 tn Heb “good.”
6 tn The Hebrew text has “belonging to Jeroboam” here.
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “elders.”
9 tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”