1 Kings 2:11

2:11 David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem ¹  thirty-three years.

1 Kings 7:17

7:17 The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments. ² 

1 Kings 11:3

11:3 He had 700 royal wives ³  and 300 concubines; ⁴  his wives had a powerful influence over him. ⁵ 

1 Kings 18:43

18:43 He told his servant, “Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” ⁶  Seven times Elijah sent him to look. ⁷ 

1 Kings 19:18

19:18 I still have left in Israel seven thousand followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him.” ⁸ 

1 Kings 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul ⁹  (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 16:15

Zimri’s Reign over Israel

16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri became king over Israel; he ruled for seven days in Tirzah. Zimri’s revolt took place while the army was deployed ¹¹  in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory.

1 Kings 20:29

20:29 The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,000 Syrian foot soldiers in one day.

1 Kings 8:65

8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt ¹²  in the south. ¹³ 

1 Kings 20:15

20:15 So Ahab ¹⁴  assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. ¹⁵ 

1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ¹⁶  wide, the middle floor nine feet ¹⁷  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ¹⁸  feet wide. He made ledges ¹⁹  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ²⁰ 

1 Kings 20:30

20:30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. ²¹  Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room. ²² 

1 Kings 6:10

6:10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high ²³  and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

1 Kings 6:24

6:24 Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet. ²⁴ 

1 Kings 7:16

7:16 He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. ²⁵ 

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” ²⁶  It measured 15 feet ²⁷  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ²⁸  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ²⁹ 

[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.

[7:17]  ² tn Heb “there were seven for the first capital, and seven for the second capital.”

[11:3]  ³ tn Heb “wives, princesses.”

[11:3]  ⁴ sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. The usage in the present passage suggests that after the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (cf. also 2 Sam 21:10-14).

[11:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “his wives bent his heart.”

[18:43]  ⁴ sn So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” Several times in this chapter those addressed by Elijah obey his orders. In vv. 20 and 42 Ahab does as instructed, in vv. 26 and 28 the prophets follow Elijah’s advice, and in vv. 30, 34, 40 and 43 the people and servants do as they are told. By juxtaposing Elijah’s commands with accounts of those commands being obeyed, the narrator emphasizes the authority of the Lord’s prophet.

[18:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”

[19:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “I have kept in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and all the mouths that have not kissed him.”

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

[6:38]  ⁷ tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”

[16:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “Now the people were encamped.

[8:65]  ⁸ tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

[8:65]  ⁹ tn Heb “Solomon held at that time the festival, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days, fourteen days.”

[20:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “after them he assembled all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.”

[6:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6]  ¹² tn Heb “seven cubits.”

[6:6]  ¹³ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

[6:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

[20:30]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the remaining ones fled to Aphek to the city and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men, the ones who remained.”

[20:30]  ¹² tn Heb “and Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, [into] an inner room in an inner room.”

[6:10]  ¹² tn Heb “five cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.

[6:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “The first wing of the [one] cherub was five cubits, and the second wing of the cherub was five cubits, ten cubits from the tips of his wings to the tips of his wings.”

[7:16]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “two capitals he made to place on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze; five cubits was the height of the first capital, and five cubits was the height of the second capital.”

[7:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[7:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “ten cubits.”

[7:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[7:23]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”