1 Kings 6:14

6:14 So Solomon finished building the temple. ¹ 

1 Kings 6:9

6:9 He finished building the temple ²  and covered it ³  with rafters ⁴  and boards made of cedar. ⁵ 

1 Kings 7:1

The Building of the Royal Palace

7:1 Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace. ⁶ 

1 Kings 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul ⁷  (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. ⁸ 

1 Kings 9:1

The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

9:1 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned, ⁹ 

1 Kings 17:16

17:16 The jar of flour was never empty and the jug of oil never ran out, just as the Lord had promised ¹⁰  through Elijah.

1 Kings 22:11

22:11 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’”

1 Kings 1:41

1:41 Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. ¹¹  When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” ¹² 

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 ¹³  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 7:40

7:40 Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He ¹⁵  finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 8:54

8:54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 17:14

17:14 For this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”

[6:14]  ¹ tn Heb “ built the house and completed it.”

[6:9]  ² tn Heb “ built the house and completed it.”

[6:9]  ³ tn Heb “the house.”

[6:9]  ⁴ tn The word occurs only here; the precise meaning is uncertain.

[6:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and rows with cedar wood.”

[7:1]  ³ tn Heb “His house Solomon built in thirteen years and he completed all his house.”

[6:38]  ⁴ sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[6:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”

[9:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he wanted to do.”

[17:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “out, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[1:41]  ⁷ tn Heb “And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard, now they had finished eating.”

[1:41]  ⁸ tn Heb “Why is the city’s sound noisy?”

[3:1]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:40]  ⁹ tn Heb “Hiram.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:40]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the Lord.”

[8:54]  ¹⁰ tn Or “toward heaven.”