1 Kings 8:12

8:12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

1 Kings 3:16

Solomon Demonstrates His Wisdom

3:16 Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

1 Kings 9:24

9:24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the city of David 1  to the palace Solomon built for her. 2 

1 Kings 11:7

11:7 Furthermore, 3  on the hill east of Jerusalem 4  Solomon built a high place 5  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh 6  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 7 

1 Kings 16:21

Omri’s Reign over Israel

16:21 At that time the people of Israel were divided in their loyalties. Half the people supported Tibni son of Ginath and wanted to make him king; the other half supported Omri.

1 Kings 22:49

22:49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” 8  but Jehoshaphat refused.

1 Kings 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 9 Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem 10  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). 11 

1 Kings 9:11

9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre 12  twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

1 sn The phrase city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

2 tn Heb “As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her house which he built for her, then he built the terrace.”

1 tn Heb “then.”

2 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

3 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

4 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

5 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).

1 tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”

1 tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

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

3 tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”

1 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.