1 Kings 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul ¹  (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. ² 

1 Kings 7:3

7:3 The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

1 Kings 10:20

10:20 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ³ 

1 Kings 16:23

16:23 In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king over Israel. He ruled for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

1 Kings 18:31

18:31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new ⁴  name.” ⁵ 

1 Kings 22:48

22:48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships ⁶  to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.

1 Kings 22:51

Ahaziah’s Reign over Israel

22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. ⁷  He ruled for two years over Israel.

[6:38]  ¹ sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[6:38]  ² tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”

[10:20]  ³ tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for all the kingdoms.”

[18:31]  ⁵ tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.

[18:31]  ⁶ sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.

[22:48]  ⁷ 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.

[22:51]  ⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.