1 Kings 3:12-14
New English Translation
12 I[a] grant your request[b] and give[c] you a wise and discerning mind[d] superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.[e] 13 Furthermore, I am giving[f] you what you did not request—riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation.[g] 14 If you follow my instructions[h] by obeying[i] my rules and regulations, just as your father David did,[j] then I will grant you long life.”[k]
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- 1 Kings 3:12 tn This statement is introduced in the Hebrew text by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to and emphasizes what follows.
- 1 Kings 3:12 tn Heb “I am doing according to your words.” The perfect tense is sometimes used of actions occurring at the same time a statement is made.
- 1 Kings 3:12 tn This statement is introduced by the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) which draws attention to and emphasizes what follows. The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made (i.e., “right now I give you”).
- 1 Kings 3:12 tn Heb “heart.” (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)
- 1 Kings 3:12 tn Heb “so that there has not been one like you prior to you, and after you one will not arise like you.”
- 1 Kings 3:13 tn The translation assumes that the perfect tense here indicates that the action occurs as the statement is made.
- 1 Kings 3:13 tn Heb “so that there is not one among the kings like you all your days.” The LXX lacks the words “all your days.”
- 1 Kings 3:14 tn Heb “walk in my ways.”
- 1 Kings 3:14 tn Or “keeping.”
- 1 Kings 3:14 tn Heb “walked.”
- 1 Kings 3:14 tn Heb “I will lengthen your days.”
1 Kings 3:12-14
New International Version
12 I will do what you have asked.(A) I will give you a wise(B) and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not(C) asked for—both wealth and honor(D)—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal(E) among kings. 14 And if you walk(F) in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”(G)
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