1 Raja-raja 1:48

1:48 and said ¹  this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because ²  today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’” ³ 

1 Raja-raja 8:52

8:52 “May you be attentive ⁴  to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 18:25

18:25 Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” ⁶ 

[1:48]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”

[1:48]  ² tn Or “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who….” In this blessing formula אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who; because”) introduces the reason why the one being blessed deserves the honor.

[1:48]  ³ tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”

[8:52]  ⁴ tn Heb “May your eyes be open.”

[8:52]  ⁵ tn Heb “to listen to them in all their calling out to you.”

[18:25]  ⁶ tc The last sentence of v. 25 is absent in the Syriac Peshitta.