1 Kings 7:24

7:24 Under the rim all the way around it ¹  were round ornaments ²  arranged in settings 15 feet long. ³  The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.” ⁴ 

1 Kings 8:14

8:14 Then the king turned around ⁵  and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there. ⁶ 

1 Kings 18:37

18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God ⁷  and that you are winning back their allegiance.” ⁸ 

1 Kings 2:15

2:15 He said, “You know that the kingdom ⁹  was mine and all Israel considered me king. ¹⁰  But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 5:3

5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord ¹²  his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. ¹³ 

1 Kings 7:15

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet ¹⁴  high and 18 feet ¹⁵  in circumference.

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” ¹⁶  It measured 15 feet ¹⁷  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ¹⁸  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 21:4

21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, ²⁰  “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” ²¹  He lay down on his bed, pouted, ²²  and would not eat.

[7:24]  ¹ tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:24]  ² tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”

[7:24]  ³ tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

[7:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”

[8:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “turned his face.”

[8:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel was standing.”

[18:37]  ⁹ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:37]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”

[2:15]  ¹³ tn Or “kingship.”

[2:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “set their face to me to be king.”

[2:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the kingdom turned about and became my brother’s, for from the Lord it became his.”

[5:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

[5:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”

[7:15]  ²¹ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

[7:15]  ²² tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

[7:23]  ²⁵ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[7:23]  ²⁶ tn Heb “ten cubits.”

[7:23]  ²⁷ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[7:23]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

[21:4]  ²⁹ tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”

[21:4]  ³⁰ tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

[21:4]  ³¹ tn Heb “turned away his face.”