1 Kings 2:36

2:36 Next the king summoned ¹  Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem ²  and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere! ³ 

1 Kings 3:20

3:20 She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.

1 Kings 6:2

6:2 The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet ⁴  long, 30 feet ⁵  wide, and 45 feet ⁶  high.

1 Kings 9:10

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9:10 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, ⁷ 

1 Kings 11:27

11:27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: ⁸  Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. ⁹ 

1 Kings 17:20

17:20 Then he called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?”

[2:36]  ¹ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[2:36]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:36]  ³ tn Heb “and you may not go out from there here or there.”

[6:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “sixty cubits.” A cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm. Measurements in vv. 2-10 have been converted to feet in the translation for clarity.

[6:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

[6:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[9:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “the two houses, the house of the Lord and the house of the king.”

[11:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “this is the matter concerning which he raised a hand against the king.”

[11:27]  ¹¹ sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.