Discovery Box1 Kings 2:33 
Context2:33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, 1 and his dynasty.” 2
1 Kings 8:29
Context8:29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. 3 May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. 4
1 Kings 8:52
Context8:52 “May you be attentive 5 to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. 6
1 Kings 8:57
Context8:57 May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “his throne.”
3 tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”
4 tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”
5 tn Heb “May your eyes be open.”
6 tn Heb “to listen to them in all their calling out to you.”
