1 Kings 3:3

3:3 Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following ¹  the practices ²  of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

1 Kings 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet ³  long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, ⁴  as well as the cedar altar. ⁵ 

1 Kings 7:48

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, ⁶ 

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 Kings 18:32

18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. ⁸  Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs ⁹  of seed.

¹ tn Heb “Solomon loved the Lord by walking in.”

² tn Or “policies, rules.”

³ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

⁴ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

⁵ tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

⁵ 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.

⁷ sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.

⁹ tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the Lord.”

¹⁰ tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.