1 Kings 2:11

2:11 David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem ¹  thirty-three years.

1 Kings 5:16

5:16 besides 3,300 ²  officials who supervised the workers. ³ 

1 Kings 7:27

7:27 He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet ⁴  long, six feet ⁵  wide, and four-and-a-half feet ⁶  high.

1 Kings 10:17

10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas ⁷  of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. ⁸ 

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tc Some Greek mss of the OT read “3,600”; cf. 2 Chr 2:2, 18 and NLT.

³ tn Heb “besides thirty-three hundred from the officials of Solomon’s governors who were over the work, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”

³ tn Heb “four cubits.”

⁴ tn Heb “four cubits.”

⁵ tn Heb “three cubits.”

⁴ sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.

⁵ sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.