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 7:42
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 10:26
10:26 Solomon accumulated 2 chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 3
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?”
4 They said, “Attack! The sovereign one
5 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 Or “gathered.”
3 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
3 tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
4 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.