1 Kings 7:24

7:24 Under the rim all the way around it¹ were round ornaments² arranged in settings 15 feet long.³ The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”⁴

1 Kings 8:14

8:14 Then the king turned around⁵ and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.⁶

1 Kings 18:37

18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God⁷ and that you are winning back their allegiance.”⁸

1 Kings 2:15

2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom⁹ was mine and all Israel considered me king.¹⁰ But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his.¹¹

1 Kings 5:3

5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord¹² his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies.¹³

1 Kings 7:15

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet¹⁴ high and 18 feet¹⁵ in circumference.

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.”¹⁶ It measured 15 feet¹⁷ from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet¹⁸ high. Its circumference was 45 feet.¹⁹

1 Kings 21:4

21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said,²⁰ “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.”²¹ He lay down on his bed, pouted,²² and would not eat.

¹tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”

³tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

⁴tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”

⁵tn Heb “turned his face.”

⁶tn Heb “and he blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel was standing.”

⁹tn Heb “the God.”

¹⁰tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”

¹³tn Or “kingship.”

¹⁴tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

¹⁵tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

¹⁷tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

¹⁸tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”

²¹tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

²²tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

²⁵tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

²⁶tn Heb “ten cubits.”

²⁷tn Heb “five cubits.”

²⁸tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

²⁹tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”

³⁰tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

³¹tn Heb “turned away his face.”