1 Kings 3:4

3:4 The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. ¹  Solomon would offer up ²  a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there.

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named ³  it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; ⁴  it was 150 feet ⁵  long, 75 feet ⁶  wide, and 45 feet ⁷  high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” ⁸  It measured 15 feet ⁹  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ¹⁰  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 13:32-33

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ¹²  against the altar in Bethel ¹³  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ¹⁴  will certainly be fulfilled.”

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ¹⁵  he continued to appoint common people ¹⁶  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 22:31

22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; ¹⁸  fight only the king of Israel.”

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¹ tn Heb “for it was the great high place.”

² tn The verb form is an imperfect, which is probably used here in a customary sense to indicate continued or repeated action in past time. See GKC 314 §107.b.

³ tn Heb “he built.”

⁴ 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.

⁵ tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

⁷ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

⁸ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

sn This large basin that was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves (2 Chr 4:6; cf. Exod 30:17-21).

⁹ tn Heb “ten cubits.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “five cubits.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

¹² tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

¹³ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

¹⁴ tn 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.

¹⁵ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

¹⁶ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

¹⁷ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “small or great.”