1 Kings 4:26

4:26 Solomon had 4,000 ¹  stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

1 Kings 7:1

The Building of the Royal Palace

7:1 Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace. ² 

1 Kings 7:44

7:44 the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath, ³ 

1 Kings 11:30

11:30 and he grabbed the robe ⁴  and tore it into twelve pieces.

1 Kings 15:1

Abijah’s Reign over Judah

15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah ⁵  became king over Judah.

[4:26]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has “40,000,” but this is probably an inflated number (nevertheless it is followed by KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV). Some Greek mss of the OT and the parallel in 2 Chr 9:25 read “4,000” (cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT).

[7:1]  ² tn Heb “His house Solomon built in thirteen years and he completed all his house.”

[7:44]  ³ tn Heb “underneath ‘The Sea.’”

[11:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Ahijah grabbed the new robe that was on him.”

[15:1]  ⁵ tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.”