1 Kings 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ¹  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ² 

1 Kings 4:21

4:21 (5:1) ³  Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River ⁴  to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. ⁵ 

1 Kings 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ⁶  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 8:9

8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ⁷  It was there that ⁸  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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 ⁹  in the south. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 9:9

9:9 Others will then answer, ¹¹  ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors ¹²  out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. ¹³  That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

1 Kings 9:16

9:16 (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.)

1 Kings 12:28

12:28 After the king had consulted with his advisers, ¹⁴  he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, ¹⁵  “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

[3:1]  ¹ sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[3:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[4:21]  ³ sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.

[4:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.

[4:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”

[6:1]  ⁵ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[8:9]  ⁷ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai.

[8:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

[8:65]  ⁹ tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”

[8:65]  ¹⁰ 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.”

[9:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they will say.”

[9:9]  ¹² tn Heb “fathers.”

[9:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”

[12:28]  ¹³ tn The words “with his advisers” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to them,” although this may be a corruption of “to the people.” Cf. the Old Greek translation.