1 Kings 5:18

5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ¹  along with men from Byblos, ²  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ³ 

1 Kings 9:25

9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ⁴  on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. ⁵ 

1 Kings 10:22

10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ⁶  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ⁷  came into port with cargoes of ⁸  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ⁹ 

1 Kings 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ¹⁰  and besieged and attacked it. ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Heb “builders.”

² tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

³ tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”

⁴ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”

⁶ 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.

⁷ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

⁸ tn Heb “came carrying.”

⁹ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”

¹⁰ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹¹ tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”