1 Kings 7:4-5

7:4 There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three. ¹  7:5 All of the entrances ²  were rectangular in shape ³  and they were arranged in sets of three. ⁴ 

1 Kings 11:9

11:9 The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance ⁵  away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions ⁶ 

1 Kings 17:21

17:21 He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”

1 Kings 18:43

18:43 He told his servant, “Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” ⁷  Seven times Elijah sent him to look. ⁸ 

1 Kings 22:16

22:16 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in ⁹  the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?”

1 Kings 9:25

9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ¹⁰  on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. ¹¹ 

[7:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and framed [windows in] three rows, and opening to opening three times.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain. Another option might be, “overhung [in] three rows.” This might mean they were positioned high on the walls.

[7:5]  ² tn Heb “all of the doors and doorposts.”

[7:5]  ³ sn Rectangular in shape. That is, rather than arched.

[7:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and all the entrances and the doorposts [had] four frames, and in front of opening to opening three times” (the precise meaning of the description is uncertain).

[11:9]  ³ tn Heb “bent his heart.”

[11:9]  ⁴ sn These two occasions are mentioned in 1 Kgs 3:5 and 9:2.

[18:43]  ⁴ sn So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” Several times in this chapter those addressed by Elijah obey his orders. In vv. 20 and 42 Ahab does as instructed, in vv. 26 and 28 the prophets follow Elijah’s advice, and in vv. 30, 34, 40 and 43 the people and servants do as they are told. By juxtaposing Elijah’s commands with accounts of those commands being obeyed, the narrator emphasizes the authority of the Lord’s prophet.

[18:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”

[22:16]  ⁵ tn Or “swear an oath by.”

[9:25]  ⁶ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[9:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”