1 Kings 11:8

11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. ¹ 

1 Kings 8:38

8:38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, ²  as they acknowledge their pain ³  and spread out their hands toward this temple,

1 Kings 1:19

1:19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul ⁴  (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. ⁵ 

1 Kings 10:20

10:20 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ⁶ 

1 Kings 10:29

10:29 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria. ⁷ 

1 Kings 11:28

11:28 Jeroboam was a talented man; ⁸  when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe ⁹  of Joseph.

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. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment ¹¹  they are having a feast ¹²  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ ¹³ 

1 Kings 3:15

3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. ¹⁴  He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, ¹⁵  and held a feast for all his servants.

1 Kings 9:11

9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre ¹⁶  twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

1 Kings 20:7

20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders ¹⁷  of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. ¹⁸  Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”

1 Kings 20:10

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely ¹⁹  if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” ²⁰ 

[11:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”

[8:38]  ² tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

[8:38]  ³ tn Heb “which they know, each the pain of his heart.”

[6:38]  ³ sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[6:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”

[10:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for all the kingdoms.”

[10:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “and a chariot went up and came out of Egypt for six hundred silver [pieces], and a horse for one hundred fifty, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”

[11:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “man of strength.”

[11:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “house.”

[18:30]  ⁷ sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.

[1:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “look.”

[1:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

[1:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

[3:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

[3:15]  ¹⁰ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[9:11]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[20:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “elders.”

[20:7]  ¹² tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”

[20:10]  ¹² tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[20:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”