1 Kings 9:2

9:2 the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. ¹ 

1 Kings 3:5

3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared ²  to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell ³  me what I should give you.”

1 Kings 6:18

6:18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. ⁴ 

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports ⁵  for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments ⁶  for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. ⁷ )

¹ sn In the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. See 1 Kgs 3:5.

² tn Or “revealed himself.”

³ tn Heb “ask.”

³ tn Heb “Cedar was inside the temple, carvings of gourds (i.e., gourd-shaped ornaments) and opened flowers; the whole was cedar, no stone was seen.”

⁴ tn 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.”

⁵ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

⁶ tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”