1 Kings 16:32

16:32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.

1 Kings 8:22

Solomon Prays for Israel

8:22 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. ¹ 

1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord ²  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” ³ 

1 Kings 3:3

3:3 Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following ⁴  the practices ⁵  of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

1 Kings 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet ⁶  long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, ⁷  as well as the cedar altar. 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 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 18:32

18:32 With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. ¹¹  Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs ¹²  of seed.

1 Kings 8:54

8:54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. ¹³ 

1 Kings 8:64

8:64 That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings. ¹⁴ 

[8:22]  ¹ tn Or “heaven.”

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

[13:2]  ² sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.

[3:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Solomon loved the Lord by walking in.”

[3:3]  ² tn Or “policies, rules.”

[6:20]  ¹ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

[7:48]  ¹ 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.

[18:30]  ¹ sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.

[18:32]  ¹ tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the Lord.”

[18:32]  ² tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.

[8:54]  ¹ tn Or “toward heaven.”

[8:64]  ¹ tn Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.”