1 Kings 7:45

7:45 and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple¹ were made from polished bronze.

1 Kings 7:48

7:48 Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,²

1 Kings 9:13

9:13 Hiram asked,³ “Why did you give me these cities, my friend⁴?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day.⁵

1 Kings 9:22-23

9:22 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews;⁶ the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.⁷ 9:23 These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers.⁸

1 Kings 12:7

12:7 They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.”⁹

1 Kings 12:9

12:9 He asked them, “How do you advise me¹⁰ to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”¹¹

1 Kings 15:30

15:30 This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the Lord God of Israel.¹²

1 Kings 18:37

18:37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God¹³ and that you are winning back their allegiance.”¹⁴

1 Kings 21:27

21:27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

1 Kings 22:11

22:11 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’”

1 Kings 22:23

22:23 So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”

¹tn Heb “which Hiram made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord.”

²tn Heb “the bread of the face [or presence].” Many recent English versions employ “the bread of the Presence,” although this does not convey much to the modern reader.

sn This bread was viewed as a perpetual offering to God and was regarded as holy. See Lev 24:5-9.

³tn Heb “and he said.”

⁴tn Heb “my brother.” Kings allied through a parity treaty would sometimes address each other as “my brother.” See 1 Kgs 20:32-33.

⁵tn Heb “he called them the land of Cabul to this day.” The significance of the name is unclear, though it appears to be disparaging. The name may be derived from a root, attested in Akkadian and Arabic, meaning “bound” or “restricted.” Some propose a wordplay, pointing out that the name “Cabul” sounds like a Hebrew phrase meaning, “like not,” or “as good as nothing.”

⁶sn These work crews. The work crews referred to here must be different than the temporary crews described in 5:13-16.

⁷tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”

⁸tn Heb “these [were] the officials of the governors who were over the work belonging to Solomon, five hundred fifty, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”

⁹tn Heb “If today you are a servant to these people and you serve them and answer them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the days.”

¹⁰tn In the Hebrew text the verb “we will respond” is plural, although it can be understood as an editorial “we.” The ancient versions have the singular here.

¹¹tn Heb “Lighten the yoke which your father placed on us.”

¹²tn Heb “because of Jeroboam which he committed and which he made Israel commit, by his provocation by which he made the Lord God of Israel angry.”

¹³tn Heb “the God.”

¹⁴tn Heb “that you are turning their heart[s] back.”