1 Kings 7:47

7:47 Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze. ¹ 

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named ²  it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; ³  it was 150 feet ⁴  long, 75 feet ⁵  wide, and 45 feet ⁶  high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 1:16

1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before ⁷  the king. The king said, “What do you want?”

1 Kings 1:1

Adonijah Tries to Seize the Throne

1:1 King David was very old; ⁸  even when they covered him with blankets, ⁹  he could not get warm.

1 Kings 22:14

22:14 But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say.”

1 Kings 22:2

22:2 In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit ¹⁰  the king of Israel.

1 Kings 4:18

4:18 Shimei son of Ela was in charge of Benjamin.

[7:47]  ¹ tn Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”

[7:2]  ² tn Heb “he built.”

[7:2]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

[7:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

[7:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[1:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “bowed low and bowed down to.”

[1:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days” (i.e., advancing in years).

[1:1]  ⁹ tn Or “garments.”

[22:2]  ¹⁰ tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.