1 Kings 8:39
Context8:39 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 14:13
Context14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family 4 who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.
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 “house.”