1 Kings 12:29

12:29 He put one in Bethel ¹  and the other in Dan.

1 Kings 6:26

6:26 Each cherub stood 15 feet high. ² 

1 Kings 7:44

7:44 the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath, ³ 

1 Kings 12:30

12:30 This caused Israel to sin; ⁴  the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves. ⁵ 

1 Kings 7:38

7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. ⁶  Each basin was six feet in diameter; ⁷  there was one basin for each stand.

1 Kings 18:23

18:23 Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire.

1 Kings 7:32

7:32 The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet ⁸  high.

1 Kings 11:32

11:32 He will retain one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 4:7

4:7 Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.

1 Kings 6:27

6:27 He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. ⁹  Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 7:15

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet ¹¹  high and 18 feet ¹²  in circumference.

1 Kings 18:25

18:25 Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” ¹³ 

[12:29]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[6:26]  ² tn Heb “the height of the first cherub was ten cubits; and so was the second cherub.”

[7:44]  ³ tn Heb “underneath ‘The Sea.’”

[12:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “and this thing became a sin.”

[12:30]  ⁵ tc The MT reads “and the people went before the one to Dan.” It is likely that some words have been accidentally omitted and that the text originally said, “and the people went before the one at Bethel and before the one at Dan.”

[7:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

[7:38]  ⁶ tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.

[7:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “a cubit-and-a-half” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

[6:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the midst of the inner house,” i.e., in the inner sanctuary.

[6:27]  ⁸ tn Heb “and their wings were in the middle of the room, touching wing to wing.”

[7:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

[7:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

[18:25]  ⁹ tc The last sentence of v. 25 is absent in the Syriac Peshitta.