1 Kings 3:2

3:2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, ¹  because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord. ² 

1 Kings 6:5

6:5 He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it. ³ 

1 Kings 6:10

6:10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high ⁴  and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

1 Kings 8:27

8:27 “God does not really live on the earth! ⁵  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

1 Kings 9:26

9:26 King Solomon also built ships ⁶  in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

1 Kings 11:7

11:7 Furthermore, ⁷  on the hill east of Jerusalem ⁸  Solomon built a high place ⁹  for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh ¹⁰  and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 14:23

14:23 They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

1 Kings 22:48

22:48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships ¹²  to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber.

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¹ sn Offering sacrifices at the high places. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated.

² tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “to honor the Lord”). The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.

³ tn Heb “and he built on the wall of the temple an extension all around, the walls of the temple all around, for the main hall and for the holy place, and he made side rooms all around.”

⁴ tn Heb “five cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.

⁵ tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.

⁶ tn Or “a fleet” (in which case “ships” would be implied).

⁷ tn Heb “then.”

⁸ sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.

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⁹ sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).

¹⁰ tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”

¹¹ tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).

¹² tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.