1 Kings 4:21

4:21 (5:1)¹ Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River² to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime.³

1 Kings 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv⁴ (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 8:9

8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.⁵ It was there that⁶ the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed:⁷ “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty⁸ to your servants who obey you with sincerity.⁹

1 Kings 8:36

8:36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly¹⁰ you will then teach them the right way to live¹¹ and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.¹²

1 Kings 8:46

8:46 “The time will come when your people¹³ will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land,¹⁴ whether far away or close by.

1 Kings 8:53

8:53 After all,¹⁵ you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession,¹⁶ just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

1 Kings 9:8-9

9:8 This temple will become a heap of ruins;¹⁷ everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn,¹⁸ saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’ 9:9 Others will then answer,¹⁹ ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors²⁰ out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served.²¹ That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 9:11

9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre²² twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

1 Kings 9:19

9:19 all the storage cities that belonged to him,²³ and the cities where chariots and horses were kept.²⁴ He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.²⁵

1 Kings 10:13

10:13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her.²⁶ Then she left and returned²⁷ to her homeland with her attendants.

1 Kings 11:18

11:18 They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, supplied him with a house and food and even assigned him some land.²⁸

1 Kings 11:21

11:21 While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away²⁹ and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, “Give me permission to leave³⁰ so I can return to my homeland.”

1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers,³¹ he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,³² “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 18:5

18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas³³ so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill³⁴ some of the animals.”

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders³⁵ of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble.³⁶ Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

¹sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.

²tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.

³tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”

⁴sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

⁷sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.

⁸tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

¹⁰tn Heb “said.”

¹¹tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

¹²tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

¹³tn The translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense.

¹⁴tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

¹⁵tn Or “for an inheritance.”

¹⁶tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷tn Heb “the land of the enemy.”

¹⁹tn Or “For.”

²⁰tn Heb “your inheritance.”

²²tn Heb “and this house will be high [or elevated].” The statement makes little sense in this context, which predicts the desolation that judgment will bring. Some treat the clause as concessive, “Even though this temple is lofty [now].” Others, following the lead of several ancient versions, emend the text to, “this temple will become a heap of ruins.”

²³tn Heb “hiss,” or perhaps “whistle.” This refers to a derisive sound one would make when taunting an object of ridicule.

²⁵tn Heb “and they will say.”

²⁶tn Heb “fathers.”

²⁷tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

²⁸map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

³¹tn Heb “to Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³²tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”

³³tn Heb “and the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”

³⁴tn Heb “besides what he had given her according to the hand of King Solomon.”

³⁵tn Heb “turned and went.”

³⁷tn Heb “and they arose from Midian and went to Paran and they took men with them from Paran and went to Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and he gave to him a house and food and he said to him, and a land he gave to him.” Something seems to be accidentally omitted after “and he said to him.”

⁴⁰tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁴¹tn Heb “send me away.”

⁴³tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴⁴tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.

⁴⁶tn Heb “grass.”

⁴⁷tn Heb “to cut off.”

⁴⁹tn Heb “elders.”

⁵⁰tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”