1 Kings 4:33

4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, ¹  from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing ²  animals, birds, insects, and fish.

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 9:19

9:19 all the storage cities that belonged to him, ⁸  and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. ⁹  He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 10:17

10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas ¹¹  of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. ¹² 

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¹ tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”

² tn Heb “he spoke about.”

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 “to Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”

¹¹ sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.

¹² 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.