1 Kings 8:8
Context8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. 1 They have remained there to this very day.
1 Kings 8:40
Context8:40 Then they will obey 2 you throughout their lifetimes as 3 they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.
1 Kings 10:24
Context10:24 Everyone 4 in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. 5
1 Kings 11:7
Context11:7 Furthermore, 6 on the hill east of Jerusalem 7 Solomon built a high place 8 for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh 9 and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 10


[8:8] 1 tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”
[8:40] 3 tn Heb “all the days [in] which.”
[10:24] 3 tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.
[10:24] 4 tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”
[11:7] 5 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.
[11:7] 6 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).
[11:7] 7 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”
[11:7] 8 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).