1 Kings 2:15

2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom ¹  was mine and all Israel considered me king. ²  But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. ³ 

1 Kings 5:3

5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord ⁴  his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. ⁵ 

1 Kings 7:15

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet ⁶  high and 18 feet ⁷  in circumference.

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” ⁸  It measured 15 feet ⁹  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ¹⁰  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 21:4

21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, ¹²  “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” ¹³  He lay down on his bed, pouted, ¹⁴  and would not eat.

[2:15]  ¹ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

[5:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[5:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”

[7:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

[7:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

[7:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[7:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “ten cubits.”

[7:23]  ¹² tn Heb “five cubits.”

[7:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

[21:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”

[21:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

[21:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “turned away his face.”