1 Kings 2:35

2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of ¹  the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. ² 

1 Kings 3:20

3:20 She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.

1 Kings 3:25

3:25 The king then said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!”

1 Kings 6:22

6:22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. ³ 

1 Kings 6:29

6:29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, ⁴  he carved ⁵  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

1 Kings 7:6

7:6 He made a colonnade ⁶  75 feet ⁷  long and 45 feet ⁸  wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch. ⁹ 

1 Kings 7:48-49

7:48 Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence, ¹⁰  7:49 the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary (five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,

1 Kings 8:42

8:42 When they hear about your great reputation ¹¹  and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, ¹²  they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

1 Kings 9:10

Foreign Affairs and Building Projects

9:10 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, ¹³ 

1 Kings 10:27

10:27 The king made silver as plentiful ¹⁴  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ¹⁵  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 11:1

The Lord Punishes Solomon for Idolatry

11:1 King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

1 Kings 11:25

11:25 He was Israel’s enemy throughout Solomon’s reign and, like Hadad, caused trouble. He loathed ¹⁷  Israel and ruled over Syria.

1 Kings 19:1

Elijah Runs for His Life

19:1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, including a detailed account of how he killed all the prophets with the sword.

¹ tn Heb “over.”

² tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.

³ tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.”

⁵ sn Inside and out probably refers to the inner and outer rooms within the building.

⁶ tn Heb “carved engravings of carvings.”

⁷ tn Heb “a porch of pillars.”

⁸ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

⁹ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and a porch was in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars) and pillars and a roof in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars and porch).” The precise meaning of the term translated “roof” is uncertain; it occurs only here and in Ezek 41:25-26.

⁹ tn Heb “the bread of the face [or presence].” Many recent English versions employ “the bread of the Presence,” although this does not convey much to the modern reader.

¹¹ tn Heb “your great name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in the previous verse.

¹² tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”

¹³ tn Heb “the two houses, the house of the Lord and the house of the king.”

¹⁵ tn The words “as plentiful” are added for clarification.

¹⁶ tn Heb “he made.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

¹⁷ tn The construction (Qal of קוּץ + בְּ [quts + bet] preposition) is rare, but not without parallel (see Lev 20:23).