1 Kings 5:10

5:10 So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed, ¹ 

1 Kings 5:13

5:13 King Solomon conscripted ²  work crews ³  from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

1 Kings 9:12-14

9:12 When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. ⁴  9:13 Hiram asked, ⁵  “Why did you give me these cities, my friend ⁶ ?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. ⁷  9:14 Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents ⁸  of gold.

1 Kings 9:2

9:2 the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. ⁹ 

1 Kings 2:3

2:3 Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you ¹⁰  by following his instructions ¹¹  and obeying ¹²  his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish, ¹³ 

¹ tn Heb “and Hiram gave to Solomon cedar wood and the wood of evergreens, all his desire.”

² tn Heb “raised up.”

³ sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

³ tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he said.”

⁵ tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.

⁶ tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”

⁵ 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 9,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “five tons”; TEV “4,000 kilogrammes.”

⁶ sn In the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. See 1 Kgs 3:5.

⁷ tn Heb “keep the charge of the Lord your God.”

⁸ tn Heb “by walking in his ways.”

⁹ tn Or “keeping.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “then you will cause to succeed all which you do and all which you turn there.”