1 Kings 4:28

4:28 Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses. 1 

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 7:7

7:7 He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. 4  It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters. 5 

1 Kings 8:58

8:58 May he make us submissive, 6  so we can follow all his instructions 7  and obey 8  the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

1 Kings 9:4

9:4 You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. 9 

1 Kings 20:40

20:40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.” 10 

1 tn Heb “barley and straw for the horses and the steeds they brought to the place which was there, each according to his measure.”

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 “and a porch for the throne, where he was making judicial decisions, the Porch of Judgment, he made.”

4 tc The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term הַקַּרְקָע (haqqarqa’, “the floor”) is probably an error; one should emend to הַקּוֹרוֹת (haqqorot, “the rafters”). See 6:16.

4 tn Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the Lord our God be with us.” The Hebrew term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) here refers to the people’s volition and will.

5 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”

6 tn Heb “keep.”

5 tn Heb “As for you, if you walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, by doing all which I commanded you, [and] you keep my rules and my regulations.” Verse 4 is actually a lengthy protasis (“if” section) of a conditional sentence, the apodosis (“then” section) of which appears in v. 5.

6 tn Heb “so [i.e., in accordance with his testimony] is your judgment, you have determined [it].”