1 Kings 7:43

7:43 the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

1 Kings 7:1

The Building of the Royal Palace

7:1 Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace. ¹ 

1 Kings 15:1

Abijah’s Reign over Judah

15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah ²  became king over Judah.

1 Kings 7:15

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet ³  high and 18 feet ⁴  in circumference.

1 Kings 11:31

11:31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

1 Kings 4:23

4:23 ten calves fattened in the stall, ⁵  twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds.

1 Kings 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul ⁶  (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. ⁷ 

1 Kings 14:3

14:3 Take ⁸  ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

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 ⁹  name.” ¹⁰ 

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. ¹¹  He ruled for two years over Israel.

1 Kings 7:38

7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. ¹²  Each basin was six feet in diameter; ¹³  there was one basin for each stand.

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He ¹⁴  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, ¹⁵  the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹⁶  His mother was an Ammonite woman ¹⁷  named Naamah.

[7:1]  ¹ tn Heb “His house Solomon built in thirteen years and he completed all his house.”

[15:1]  ¹ tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.”

[7:15]  ¹ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

[7:15]  ² tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

[4:23]  ¹ tn The words “in the stall” are added for clarification; note the immediately following reference to cattle from the pasture.

[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.”

[14:3]  ¹ tn Heb “take in your hand.”

[18:31]  ¹ tn The word “new” is implied but not actually present in the Hebrew text.

[18:31]  ² sn Israel will be your new name. See Gen 32:28; 35:10.

[22:51]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[7:38]  ¹ tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

[7:38]  ² tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.

[14:21]  ¹ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:21]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:21]  ³ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

[14:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.