1 Raja-raja 3:9

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 

1 Raja-raja 8:56

8:56 “The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure ⁸  just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! ⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 19:4

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ¹⁰  and asked the Lord to take his life: ¹¹  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ¹² 

1 Raja-raja 21:2

21:2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, ¹³  I will pay you silver for it.” ¹⁴ 

[3:9]  ¹ tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[3:9]  ² tn Heb “to judge.”

[3:9]  ³ tn Heb “to understand between good and evil.”

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

[3:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

[3:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “to judge.”

[3:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “your numerous people.”

[8:56]  ⁸ tn Heb “he has given a resting place to his people Israel.”

[8:56]  ⁹ tn Heb “not one word from his entire good word he spoke by Moses his servant has fallen.”

[19:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

[19:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

[19:4]  ¹² tn Heb “fathers.”

[21:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “if it is good in your eyes.”

[21:2]  ¹⁴ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it will be mine as a garden of herbs.”