Discovery Box1 Kings 1:40 
Context1:40 All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. 1
1 Kings 4:10
Context4:10 Ben-Hesed was in charge of Arubboth; he controlled Socoh and all the territory of Hepher.
1 Kings 5:4
Context5:4 But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.
1 Kings 6:29
Context6:29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, 2 he carved 3 cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.
1 Kings 7:47
Context7:47 Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze. 4
1 Kings 8:2
Context8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival 5 in the month Ethanim 6 (the seventh month).
1 Kings 8:50
Context8:50 Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them. 7
1 Kings 8:60
Context8:60 Then 8 all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God. 9
1 Kings 10:8
Context10:8 Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! 10
1 Kings 11:8
Context11:8 He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. 11
1 Kings 11:37
Context11:37 I will select 12 you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel.
1 Kings 14:18
Context14:18 All Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as the Lord had predicted 13 through his servant the prophet Ahijah.
1 Kings 16:30
Context16:30 Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of 14 the Lord than all who were before him.
1 Kings 20:8
Context20:8 All the leaders and people said to him, “Do not give in or agree to his demands.” 15
1 tn Heb “and all the people went up after him, and the people were playing flutes and rejoicing with great joy and the ground split open at the sound of them.” The verb בָּקַע (baqa’, “to split open”), which elsewhere describes the effects of an earthquake, is obviously here an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.
2 sn Inside and out probably refers to the inner and outer rooms within the building.
3 tn Heb “carved engravings of carvings.”
4 tn Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”
5 sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.
6 sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.
7 tn Heb “and forgive your people who have sinned against you, [forgive] all their rebellious acts by which they rebelled against you, and grant them mercy before their captors so they will show them mercy.”
8 tn Heb “so that.”
9 tn Heb “the
10 tn Heb “How happy are your men! How happy are these servants of yours, who stand before you continually, who hear your wisdom!”
11 tn Heb “and the same thing he did for all his foreign wives, [who] were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.”
12 tn Heb “take.”
13 tn Heb “according to the word of the
14 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
15 tn Heb “Do not listen and do not be willing.”
