1 Kings 2:11
Context2:11 David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem 1 thirty-three years.
1 Kings 6:36
Context6:36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.
1 Kings 7:5
Context7:5 All of the entrances 2 were rectangular in shape 3 and they were arranged in sets of three. 4
1 Kings 12:5
Context12:5 He said to them, “Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.
1 Kings 15:2
Context15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. 5 His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. 6


[2:11] 1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[7:5] 2 tn Heb “all of the doors and doorposts.”
[7:5] 3 sn Rectangular in shape. That is, rather than arched.
[7:5] 4 tn Heb “and all the entrances and the doorposts [had] four frames, and in front of opening to opening three times” (the precise meaning of the description is uncertain).
[15:2] 3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[15:2] 4 sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.