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 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul ²  (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. ³ 

1 Kings 14:3

14:3 Take ⁴  ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

1 Kings 16:23

16:23 In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king over Israel. He ruled for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

1 Kings 18:31

18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new ⁵  name.” ⁶ 

1 Kings 22:51

Ahaziah’s Reign over Israel

22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. ⁷  He ruled for two years over Israel.

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

² sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.

³ tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”

³ tn Heb “take in your hand.”

⁴ tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.

⁵ sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.

⁵ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.