1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ¹  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ² 

1 Kings 4:7

4:7 Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.

1 Kings 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ³  King Solomon conscripted ⁴  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ⁵  and the cities of ⁶  Hazor, ⁷  Megiddo, ⁸  and Gezer.

1 Kings 16:7

16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. ⁹  His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 21:4

21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, ¹¹  “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” ¹²  He lay down on his bed, pouted, ¹³  and would not eat.

1 Kings 21:29

21:29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse ¹⁴  before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.” ¹⁵ 

¹ sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

⁴ tn Heb “raised up.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.

⁸ map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

⁵ tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”

⁶ tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”

⁷ tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”

⁸ tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

⁹ tn Heb “turned away his face.”

⁹ tn Or “humbles himself.” The expression occurs a second time later in this verse.

¹⁰ tn Heb “I will not bring the disaster during his days, [but] in the days of his son I will bring the disaster on his house.”