Discovery Box1 Kings 8:23 
Context8:23 He prayed: 1 “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty 2 to your servants who obey you with sincerity. 3
1 Kings 8:36
Context8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly 4 you will then teach them the right way to live 5 and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. 6
1 tn Heb “said.”
2 tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.
3 tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”
4 tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.
5 tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”
6 tn Or “for an inheritance.”
