1 Kings 12:7

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 1 Kings 12:7 tn Heb “and serve them and answer them,” understood as “serve them in how you answer them,” hence “grant their request.”
2. 1 Kings 12:7 tn Heb “and speak to them good words.”
3. 1 Kings 12:7 tn Heb “all the days.” The Hebrew phrase contrasts what he is asked to do “today” (literally “the day”) with the benefit for “all the days.”