1 Raja-raja 10:9

10:9 May the Lord your God be praised because he favored ¹  you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.” ² 

1 Raja-raja 7:7

7:7 He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. ³  It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 8:49

8:49 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help ⁵  and vindicate them. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 3:9

3:9 So give your servant a discerning mind ⁷  so he can make judicial decisions for ⁸  your people and distinguish right from wrong. ⁹  Otherwise ¹⁰  no one is able ¹¹  to make judicial decisions for ¹²  this great nation of yours.” ¹³ 

1 Raja-raja 8:32

8:32 Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. ¹⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 8:59

8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, ¹⁵  so that he might vindicate ¹⁶  his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.

1 Raja-raja 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected ¹⁷  the king, for they realized ¹⁸  that he possessed supernatural wisdom ¹⁹  to make judicial decisions.

1 Raja-raja 8:45

8:45 then listen from heaven to their prayers for help ²⁰  and vindicate them. ²¹ 

1 Raja-raja 21:12

21:12 They observed a time of fasting and put Naboth in front of the people.

1 Raja-raja 7:8

7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. ²²  He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. ²³ 

1 Raja-raja 3:11

3:11 God said to him, “Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies, ²⁴ 

[10:9]  ¹ tn Or “delighted in.”

[10:9]  ² tn Heb “to do justice and righteousness.”

[7:7]  ³ tn Heb “and a porch for the throne, where he was making judicial decisions, the Porch of Judgment, he made.”

[7:7]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term הַקַּרְקָע (haqqarqa’, “the floor”) is probably an error; one should emend to הַקּוֹרוֹת (haqqorot, “the rafters”). See 6:16.

[8:49]  ⁵ tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”

[8:49]  ⁶ tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”

[3:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “a hearing heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[3:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “to judge.”

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

[3:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for”; the word “otherwise” is used to reflect the logical sense of the statement.

[3:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “who is able?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “no one.”

[3:9]  ¹² tn Heb “to judge.”

[3:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “your numerous people.”

[8:32]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by declaring the guilty to be guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”

[8:59]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.”

[8:59]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”

[3:28]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

[3:28]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “saw.”

[3:28]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”

[8:45]  ²⁰ tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”

[8:45]  ²¹ tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”

[7:8]  ²² tn Heb “and his house where he lived, the other court [i.e., as opposed to the great court], separated from the house belonging to the hall, was like this work [i.e., this style of architecture].”

[7:8]  ²³ tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”

[3:11]  ²⁴ tn Heb “because you asked for this thing, and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask for yourself riches and did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment.”