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# General Information:
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Solomon responds to God's question.
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# You have shown great covenant faithfulness to your servant
The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be stated as "faithful" or "faithfully." AT: "You have been very faithful to your covenant with your servant" or "You have greatly and faithfully loved your servant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
# because he walked before you in trustworthiness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart
Walking is a metaphor for the way one lives. The abstract nouns "trustworthiness," "righteousness," and "uprightness" can be translated as adjectives. AT: "because he was trustworthy and righteous, and his heart was upright" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
# in uprightness of heart
A sincere person is spoken of as one whose heart is upright. AT: "he was sincere" or "he spoke the truth and did what was good" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# have given him a son
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The "son" is Solomon. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])
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# to sit on his throne
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Sitting on the throne represents ruling as king. AT: "to rule in his place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# today
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Solomon is speaking of the years he had already been ruling, not of the time since the sun had last set.
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# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenantfaith]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/trust]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/throne]]