1 Kings 3:15

3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream.¹ He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings,² and held a feast for all his servants.

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 Ziv³ (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 7:12

7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace.⁴

1 Kings 8:6

8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned⁵ place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

1 Kings 8:63

8:63 Solomon offered as peace offerings⁶ to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews⁷ King Solomon conscripted⁸ to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem,⁹ and the cities of¹⁰ Hazor,¹¹ Megiddo,¹² and Gezer.

1 Kings 10:5

10:5 the food in his banquet hall,¹³ his servants and attendants,¹⁴ their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed.¹⁵

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports¹⁶ for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments¹⁷ for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.¹⁸)

1 Kings 12:27

12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem,¹⁹ their loyalty could shift to their former master,²⁰ King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

1 Kings 13:5

13:5 The altar split open and the ashes²¹ fell from the altar to the ground,²² in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority.²³

1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority²⁴ against the altar in Bethel²⁵ and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north²⁶ will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 Kings 18:4

18:4 When Jezebel was killing²⁷ the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

1 Kings 18:18

18:18 Elijah²⁸ replied, “I have not brought disaster²⁹ on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.

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.”³⁰

1 Kings 22:24

22:24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”

¹tn Heb “and look, a dream.”

²tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

³sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

⁴tn Or “the porch of the temple.”

⁵tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁶tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

⁷sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

⁸tn Heb “raised up.”

⁹map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁰tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹¹map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.

¹²map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

¹³tn Heb “the food on his table.”

¹⁴tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”

¹⁵tn Heb “there was no breath still in her.”

¹⁶tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

¹⁷tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

¹⁸tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

¹⁹map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

²⁰tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”

²¹tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

²²tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”

²³tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”

²⁴tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

²⁵map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

²⁶tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

²⁷tn Heb “cutting off.”

²⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁹tn Or “trouble.”

³⁰tn Heb “for the journey is too great for you.”