1 Kings 12:31

12:31 He built temples 1  on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

1 Kings 5:17

5:17 By royal order 2  they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

1 tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.

2 tn Heb “and the king commanded.”