1 Kings 1:53

1:53 King Solomon sent men to bring him down ¹  from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, “Go home.” ² 

1 Kings 3:4

3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. ³  Solomon would offer up ⁴  a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.

1 Kings 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet ⁵  long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, ⁶  as well as the cedar altar. ⁷ 

1 Kings 6:22

6:22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. ⁸ 

1 Kings 7:48

7:48 Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence, ⁹ 

1 Kings 8:31

8:31 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 13:1

13:1 Just then ¹¹  a prophet ¹²  from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, ¹³  as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

1 Kings 13:3

13:3 That day he also announced ¹⁴  a sign, “This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: ¹⁵  The altar will be split open and the ashes ¹⁶  on it will fall to the ground.” ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 18:30

18:30 Elijah then told all the people, “Approach me.” So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down. ¹⁸ 

[1:53]  ¹ tn Heb “sent and they brought him down.”

[1:53]  ² tn Heb “Go to your house.”

[3:4]  ³ tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”

[3:4]  ⁴ tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.

[6:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

[6:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

[6:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

[6:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.”

[7:48]  ⁹ tn Heb “the bread of the face [or presence].” Many recent English versions employ “the bread of the Presence,” although this does not convey much to the modern reader.

[8:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and forgive the man who sins against his neighbor when one takes up against him a curse to curse him and the curse comes before your altar in this house.” In the Hebrew text the words “and forgive” conclude v. 30, but the accusative sign at the beginning of v. 31 suggests the verb actually goes with what follows in v. 31. The parallel text in 2 Chr 6:22 begins with “and if,” rather than the accusative sign. In this case “forgive” must be taken with what precedes, and v. 31 must be taken as the protasis (“if” clause) of a conditional sentence, with v. 32 being the apodosis (“then” clause) that completes the sentence.

[13:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.

[13:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

[13:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “gave.”

[13:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “spoken.”

[13:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

[13:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “will be poured out.”

[18:30]  ¹⁷ sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.