1 Kings 7:32

7:32 The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet ¹  high.

1 Kings 9:28

9:28 They sailed ²  to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents ³  of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

1 Kings 15:33

Baasha’s Reign over Israel

15:33 In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah; he ruled for twenty-four years.

1 Kings 18:22

18:22 Elijah said to them: ⁴  “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

¹ tn Heb “a cubit-and-a-half” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

² tn Heb “went.”

³ 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 31,500 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “sixteen tons”; TEV “more than 14,000 kilogrammes.”

³ tn Heb “to the people.”