Discovery Box1 Kings 6:8
Context6:8 The entrance to the bottom 1 level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up 2 to the middle floor and then on up to the third 3 floor.
1 Kings 7:2
Context7:2 He named 4 it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; 5 it was 150 feet 6 long, 75 feet 7 wide, and 45 feet 8 high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.
1 Kings 12:20
Context12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 9
1 Kings 18:4
Context18:4 When Jezebel was killing 10 the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)
1 Kings 18:13
Context18:13 Certainly my master is aware of what I did 11 when Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets. I hid one hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.
[6:8] 1 tc The Hebrew text has “middle,” but the remainder of the verse suggests this is an error.
[6:8] 2 tn Heb “by stairs they went up.” The word translated “stairs” occurs only here. Other options are “trapdoors” or “ladders.”
[6:8] 3 tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew
[7:2] 5 sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.
[7:2] 6 tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”
[7:2] 7 tn Heb “fifty cubits.”
[7:2] 8 tn Heb “thirty cubits.”
[12:20] 7 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”
[18:4] 10 tn Heb “cutting off.”
[18:13] 13 tn Heb “Has it not been told to my master what I did…?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “Of course it has!”
