1 Kings 5:9

5:9 My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. ¹  There I will separate the logs ²  and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.” ³ 

1 Kings 9:11

9:11 King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre ⁴  twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted.

1 Kings 10:2

10:2 She arrived in Jerusalem ⁵  with a great display of pomp, ⁶  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ⁷  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

1 Kings 10:22

10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ⁸  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ⁹  came into port with cargoes of ¹⁰  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 15:22

15:22 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. ¹²  King Asa used the materials to build up ¹³  Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.

1 Kings 18:12

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. ¹⁴  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ¹⁵  That would not be fair, ¹⁶  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ¹⁷  the Lord from my youth.

[5:9]  ¹ tn Heb “I will place them [on? as?] rafts in the sea to the place where you designate to me.” This may mean he would send them by raft, or that he would tie them in raft-like bundles, and have ships tow them down to an Israelite port.

[5:9]  ² tn Heb “smash them,” i.e., untie the bundles.

[5:9]  ³ tn Heb “as for you, you will satisfy my desire by giving food for my house.”

[9:11]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[10:2]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew term חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or to the great wealth she brought with her.

[10:2]  ⁹ tn Or “balsam oil.”

[10:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

[10:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

[10:22]  ¹² tn Heb “came carrying.”

[10:22]  ¹³ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”

[15:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “and King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, there was no one exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”

[15:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and King Asa built with them.”

[18:12]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

[18:12]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

[18:12]  ¹⁸ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

[18:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).