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 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started,² he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king³ and then went to their homes, happy and content⁴ because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports⁵ for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments⁶ for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.⁷)

1 Kings 16:16

16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report:⁸ “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.”⁹ So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.

1 Kings 17:14

17:14 For this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”

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

²tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

³tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

⁴tn Heb “good of heart.”

³tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

⁴tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

⁵tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

⁴tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”

⁵tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”