1 Kings 4:23

4:23 ten calves fattened in the stall, ¹  twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds.

1 Kings 5:16

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

1 Kings 7:20

7:20 On the top of each pillar, right above the bulge beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around. ⁴ 

1 Kings 9:23

9:23 These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. ⁵ 

1 Kings 9:28

9:28 They sailed ⁶  to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents ⁷  of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

1 Kings 10:14

Solomon’s Wealth

10:14 Solomon received 666 talents ⁸  of gold per year, ⁹ 

1 Kings 10:17

10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas ¹⁰  of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 18:4

18:4 When Jezebel was killing ¹²  the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

1 Kings 18:22

18:22 Elijah said to them: ¹³  “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

¹ tn The words “in the stall” are added for clarification; note the immediately following reference to cattle from the pasture.

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 “and the capitals on the two pillars, also above, close beside the bulge which was beside the latticework, two hundred pomegranates in rows around, on the second capital.” The precise meaning of the word translated “bulge” is uncertain.

⁴ tn Heb “these [were] the officials of the governors who were over the work belonging to Solomon, five hundred fifty, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”

⁵ tn Heb “went.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 31,500 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “sixteen tons”; TEV “more than 14,000 kilogrammes.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 50,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “twenty-five tons”; TEV “almost 23,000 kilogrammes.”

⁷ tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.”

⁷ sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.

⁸ 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.

⁸ tn Heb “cutting off.”

⁹ tn Heb “to the people.”