1 Kings 4:7
Context4:7 Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.
1 Kings 6:27
Context6:27 He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. 1 Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room. 2
1 Kings 7:15
Context7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet 3 high and 18 feet 4 in circumference.
1 Kings 18:25
Context18:25 Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.” 5


[6:27] 1 tn Heb “in the midst of the inner house,” i.e., in the inner sanctuary.
[6:27] 2 tn Heb “and their wings were in the middle of the room, touching wing to wing.”
[7:15] 1 tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”
[7:15] 2 tn Heb “twelve cubits.”
[18:25] 1 tc The last sentence of v. 25 is absent in the Syriac Peshitta.