1 Kings 8:8

8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ¹  They have remained there to this very day.

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports ²  for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments ³  for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. ⁴ )

1 Kings 13:25

13:25 Some men came by ⁵  and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. ⁶  They went and reported what they had seen ⁷  in the city where the old prophet lived.

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¹ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

² tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

³ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

⁴ tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

⁵ tn Heb “Look, men were passing by.”

⁶ tn Heb “the corpse.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn The words “what they had seen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.