1 Kings 3:9

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 

Ex 3:11,12; Ex 4:10-13; 2Sa 14:17; 1Ki 3:28; 1Ch 22:12; 1Ch 29:19; 2Ch 1:10; Ps 72:1,2; Ps 119:34,73,144; Pr 2:3-9; Pr 3:13-18; Pr 14:8; Pr 16:16; Pr 20:12; Ec 7:11,19; Ec 9:15-18; Isa 11:2-4; Jer 1:6; Mt 3:11,14; Joh 5:30; 1Co 2:14,15; 2Co 2:16; 2Co 3:5; Eph 5:17; Php 1:10; Heb 5:14; Jas 1:5; Jas 3:17

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.”