1:7 That night God appeared 1 to Solomon and said to him, “Tell me 2 what I should give you.” 1:8 Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated 3 great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place.
13:4 Abijah ascended Mount Zemaraim, in the Ephraimite hill country, and said: “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!
1 tn Or “revealed himself.”
2 tn Heb “ask.”
3 tn Heb “did.”
4 tn Heb “As for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, by doing all which I commanded you, [and] you keep my rules and my regulations.”
sn Verse 17 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 18.
5 tn Heb “so they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.”
6 tn Heb “carry me away.”