Discovery Box1 Kings 3:9 
Context3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind 1 so he can make judicial decisions for 2 your people and distinguish right from wrong. 3 Otherwise 4 no one is able 5 to make judicial decisions for 6 this great nation of yours.” 7
1 Kings 3:28
Context3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected 8 the king, for they realized 9 that he possessed supernatural wisdom 10 to make judicial decisions.
1 tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)
2 tn Heb “to judge.”
3 tn Heb “to understand between good and evil.”
4 tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.
5 tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”
6 tn Heb “to judge.”
7 tn Heb “your numerous people.”
8 tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”
9 tn Heb “saw.”
10 tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”
