1 Kings 1:19
1:19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.
1 Kings 6:38
6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul
1 (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.
2
1 Kings 10:20
10:20 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.
3
1 Kings 10:29
10:29 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.
4
1 Kings 11:28
11:28 Jeroboam was a talented man;
5 when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe
6 of Joseph.
1 Kings 18:30
18:30 Elijah then told all the people, “Approach me.” So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down. 7
1 sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.
2 tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”
1 tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for all the kingdoms.”
1 tn Heb “and a chariot went up and came out of Egypt for six hundred silver [pieces], and a horse for one hundred fifty, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”
1 tn Heb “man of strength.”
2 tn Heb “house.”
1 sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.