1 Kings 3:22
3:22 The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king. 1
1 Kings 4:27
4:27 The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. 2 Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.
1 Kings 7:42
7:42 the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),
1 Kings 8:39
8:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, 3 and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. 4 (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) 5
1 Kings 10:17
10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas 6 of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 7
1 Kings 10:19
10:19 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. 8
1 Kings 15:7
15:7 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 9 Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.
1 Kings 20:29
20:29 The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,000 Syrian foot soldiers in one day.
1 tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”
2 tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”
3 tn The words “their sin” are added for clarification.
4 tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 37-39a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”
6 sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.
7 sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.
8 tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”
9 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”