1 Kings 1:47

1:47 The king’s servants have even come to congratulate¹ our master² King David, saying, ‘May your God³ make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!’⁴ Then the king leaned⁵ on the bed

1 Kings 5:5

5:5 So I have decided⁶ to build a temple to honor the Lord⁷ my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’⁸

1 Kings 7:21

7:21 He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right⁹ side and called it Jakin;¹⁰ he erected the other pillar on the left¹¹ side and called it Boaz.¹²

1 Kings 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria¹³ from Shemer for two talents¹⁴ of silver. He launched a construction project there¹⁵ and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

1 Kings 18:24

18:24 Then you¹⁶ will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.”¹⁷ All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.”¹⁸

¹tn Heb “to bless.”

²tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.

³tc Many Hebrew mss agree with the Qere in reading simply “God.”

⁴tn Heb “make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne.” The term שֵׁם (shem, “name”) is used here of one’s fame and reputation.

⁵tn Or “bowed down; worshiped.”

⁶tn Heb “Look, I am saying.”

⁷tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

⁸tn Heb “a house for my name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

¹¹tn Or “south.”

¹²sn The name Jakin appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”

¹³tn Or “north.”

¹⁴sn The meaning of the name Boaz is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בעז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name as בְּעֹז (be’oz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”

¹⁶map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹⁷tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver.

¹⁸tn Heb “he built up the hill.”

²¹tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

²²tn Heb “the God.”

²³tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”