1 Kings 8:8

8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ¹  They have remained there to this very day.

1 Kings 8:40

8:40 Then they will obey ²  you throughout their lifetimes as ³  they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

1 Kings 10:24

10:24 Everyone ⁴  in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ⁵ 

1 Kings 11:7

11:7 Furthermore, ⁶  on the hill east of Jerusalem ⁷  Solomon built a high place ⁸  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh ⁹  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

² tn Heb “fear.”

³ tn Heb “all the days [in] which.”

³ tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.

⁴ tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”

⁴ tn Heb “then.”

⁵ sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

⁶ sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

⁷ tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

⁸ tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).