1 Kings 1:35

1:35 Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed ¹  that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

1 Kings 6:8

6:8 The entrance to the bottom ²  level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up ³  to the middle floor and then on up to the third ⁴  floor.

1 Kings 7:20

7:20 On the top of each pillar, right above the bulge beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around. ⁵ 

1 Kings 8:23

8:23 He prayed: ⁶  “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty ⁷  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ⁸ 

1 Kings 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, ⁹  he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king ¹⁰  and then went to their homes, happy and content ¹¹  because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Kings 20:29

20:29 The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,000 Syrian foot soldiers in one day.

[1:35]  ¹ tn Or “commanded.”

[6:8]  ² tc The Hebrew text has “middle,” but the remainder of the verse suggests this is an error.

[6:8]  ³ tn Heb “by stairs they went up.” The word translated “stairs” occurs only here. Other options are “trapdoors” or “ladders.”

[6:8]  ⁴ tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew mss, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate הַשְּׁלִשִׁית (hashÿlishit, “the third”) rather than MT הַשְּׁלִשִׁים (hashÿlishim, “the thirty”).

[7:20]  ³ tn Heb “and the capitals on the two pillars, also above, close beside the bulge which was beside the latticework, two hundred pomegranates in rows around, on the second capital.” The precise meaning of the word translated “bulge” is uncertain.

[8:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “said.”

[8:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[8:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[8:66]  ⁵ tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

[8:66]  ⁶ tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

[8:66]  ⁷ tn Heb “good of heart.”