1 Kings 8:63

8:63 Solomon offered as peace offerings ¹  to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 8:1

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

8:1 ² Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem ³  Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). ⁴ 

1 Kings 1:3

1:3 So they looked through all Israel ⁵  for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

[8:63]  ¹ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[8:1]  ² tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”

[8:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David (it is Zion).”

[1:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “through all the territory of Israel.”