1 Kings 9:2

9:2 the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. ¹ 

1 Kings 15:25

Nadab’s Reign over Israel

15:25 In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Nadab became the king of Israel; he ruled Israel for two years.

1 Kings 18:34

18:34 Then he said, “Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood.” When they had done so, ²  he said, “Do it again.” So they did it again. Then he said, “Do it a third time.” So they did it a third time.

1 Kings 19:7

19:7 The Lord’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.” ³ 

1 Kings 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ⁴  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 7:15

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet ⁵  high and 18 feet ⁶  in circumference.

1 Kings 6:25

6:25 The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape. ⁷ 

1 Kings 6:8

6:8 The entrance to the bottom ⁸  level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up ⁹  to the middle floor and then on up to the third ¹⁰  floor.

1 Kings 18:33

18:33 He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood.

1 Kings 6:37

6:37 In the month Ziv ¹¹  of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign ¹²  the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ¹³  wide, the middle floor nine feet ¹⁴  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ¹⁵  feet wide. He made ledges ¹⁶  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 6:27

6:27 He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. ¹⁸  Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room. ¹⁹ 

[9:2]  ¹ sn In the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. See 1 Kgs 3:5.

[18:34]  ² tn The words “when they had done so” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[19:7]  ³ tn Heb “for the journey is too great for you.”

[6:1]  ⁴ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[7:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

[7:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

[6:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the second cherub was ten cubits, the two cherubs had one measurement and one shape.”

[6:8]  ⁷ tc The Hebrew text has “middle,” but the remainder of the verse suggests this is an error.

[6:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “by stairs they went up.” The word translated “stairs” occurs only here. Other options are “trapdoors” or “ladders.”

[6:8]  ⁹ tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew mss, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate הַשְּׁלִשִׁית (hashÿlishit, “the third”) rather than MT הַשְּׁלִשִׁים (hashÿlishim, “the thirty”).

[6:37]  ⁸ sn In the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[6:37]  ⁹ tn The words “of Solomon’s reign” are added for clarification. See v. 1.

[6:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

[6:6]  ¹² tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

[6:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

[6:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in the midst of the inner house,” i.e., in the inner sanctuary.

[6:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and their wings were in the middle of the room, touching wing to wing.”