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 Ziv ¹  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named ²  it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; ³  it was 150 feet ⁴  long, 75 feet ⁵  wide, and 45 feet ⁶  high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 7:38

7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. ⁷  Each basin was six feet in diameter; ⁸  there was one basin for each stand.

1 Kings 7:42

7:42 the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),

1 Kings 8:65

8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt ⁹  in the south. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 10:26

10:26 Solomon accumulated ¹¹  chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. ¹² 

1 Kings 18:33

18:33 He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood.

1 Kings 22:6

22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” ¹³  They said, “Attack! The sovereign one ¹⁴  will hand it over to the king.”

¹ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

² tn Heb “he built.”

³ 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.

⁴ tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

⁵ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

⁶ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

³ tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

⁴ tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.

⁴ tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

⁵ tn Heb “Solomon held at that time the festival, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days, fourteen days.”

⁵ tn Or “gathered.”

⁶ tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”

⁶ tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

⁷ tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title אֲדֹנָי (’adonai, “lord; master”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the four hundred are genuine prophets of the Lord.