1 Kings 7:30

7:30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths. ¹ 

1 Kings 4:12

4:12 Baana son of Ahilud was in charge of Taanach and Megiddo, ²  as well as all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah and on past Jokmeam.

1 Kings 14:15

14:15 The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. ³  He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors ⁴  and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, ⁵  because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles. ⁶ 

[7:30]  ¹ tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

[4:12]  ² map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[14:15]  ³ tn The elliptical Hebrew text reads literally “and the Lord will strike Israel as a reed sways in the water.”

[14:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 31).

[14:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew this is a typical reference to the Euphrates River. The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[14:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “because they made their Asherah poles that anger the Lord”; or “their images of Asherah”; ASV, NASB “their Asherim”; NCV “they set up idols to worship Asherah.”