1:14 Solomon accumulated 1 chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 2
3:8 He made the most holy place; 7 its length was 30 feet, 8 corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. 9 He plated it with 600 talents 10 of fine gold.
11:1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin 15 to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
23:1 In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact 18 with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri.
1 tn Or “gathered.”
2 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
3 tn Heb “counted,” perhaps “conscripted” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “carriers of loads.”
5 tn Or “quarry workers”; Heb “cutters” (probably referring to stonecutters).
6 tc The parallel text of MT in 1 Kgs 5:16 has “thirty-six hundred,” but some Greek
5 tn Heb “the house of the holy place of holy places.”
6 tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), this would give a length of 30 feet (9 m).
7 tc Heb “twenty cubits.” Some suggest adding, “and its height twenty cubits” (see 1 Kgs 6:20). The phrase could have been omitted by homoioteleuton.
8 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “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, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold plating was 40,380 lbs. (18,360 kg).
7 tn Heb “and Huram sent to him by the hand of his servants, ships, and servants [who] know the sea, and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir.”
8 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “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, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 30,285 lbs. (13,770 kg).
9 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “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, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 8,076 lbs. (3,672 kg).
10 tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”
11 tn Heb “he summoned the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men, accomplished in war.”
13 tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
14 tn Though Jehoshaphat had requested an oracle from “the
15 tn Or “covenant.”
17 tn Heb “ranks.”
18 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the
19 tn Heb “took.”
21 tn Heb “said to the man of God.”
22 tn Heb “man of God.”
23 tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).