1 Raja-raja 3:4

3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. ¹  Solomon would offer up ²  a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.

1 Raja-raja 3:8

3:8 Your servant stands ³  among your chosen people; ⁴  they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.

[3:4]  ¹ tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”

[3:4]  ² tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.

[3:8]  ³ tn There is no verb expressed in the Hebrew text; “stands” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “your people whom you have chosen.”