1 Kings 7:49

7:49 the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary (five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,

1 Kings 22:42

22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

1 Kings 6:24

6:24 Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet. ² 

1 Kings 7:39

7:39 He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.

1 Kings 7:16

7:16 He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. ³ 

1 Kings 7:3

7:3 The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

1 Kings 4:32

4:32 He composed ⁴  3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.

1 Kings 6:10

6:10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high ⁵  and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

1 Kings 6:31

6:31 He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. ⁶ 

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” ⁷  It measured 15 feet ⁸  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ⁹  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 9:23

9:23 These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ¹²  wide, the middle floor nine feet ¹³  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ¹⁴  feet wide. He made ledges ¹⁵  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 10:14

Solomon’s Wealth

10:14 Solomon received 666 talents ¹⁷  of gold per year, ¹⁸ 

1 Kings 20:39

20:39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat ¹⁹  of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. ²⁰  He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, ²¹  you will pay with your life or with a talent ²²  of silver.’ ²³ 

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹ tn Heb “The first wing of the [one] cherub was five cubits, and the second wing of the cherub was five cubits, ten cubits from the tips of his wings to the tips of his wings.”

¹ tn Heb “two capitals he made to place on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze; five cubits was the height of the first capital, and five cubits was the height of the second capital.”

¹ tn Heb “spoke.”

¹ tn Heb “five cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.

¹ tn Heb “the pillar, doorposts, a fifth part” (the precise meaning of this description is uncertain).

¹ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

² tn Heb “ten cubits.”

³ tn Heb “five cubits.”

⁴ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

¹ tn Heb “these [were] the officials of the governors who were over the work belonging to Solomon, five hundred fifty, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”

¹ tn Heb “five cubits.”

² tn Heb “six cubits.”

³ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

⁴ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

⁵ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

¹ 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 50,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “twenty-five tons”; TEV “almost 23,000 kilogrammes.”

² tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.”

¹ tn Heb “middle.”

² tn Heb “man” (also a second time later in this verse).

³ tn Heb “if being missed, he is missed.” The emphatic infinitive absolute before the finite verbal form lends solemnity to the warning.

⁴ 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 75 pounds of silver.

⁵ tn Heb “your life will be in place of his life, or a unit of silver you will pay.”