Discovery Box1 Kings 1:53 
Context1:53 King Solomon sent men to bring him down 1 from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, “Go home.” 2
1 Kings 6:20
Context6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet 3 long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, 4 as well as the cedar altar. 5
1 Kings 7:48
Context7:48 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, 6
1 Kings 8:22
Context8:22 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. 7
1 Kings 13:1
Context13:1 Just then 8 a prophet 9 from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, 10 as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.
1 Kings 18:30
Context18:30 Elijah then told all the people, “Approach me.” So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down. 11
1 tn Heb “sent and they brought him down.”
2 tn Heb “Go to your house.”
3 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).
4 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).
5 tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”
6 tn 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.
7 tn Or “heaven.”
8 tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.
9 tn Heb “the man of God.”
10 tn Heb “came by the word of the
11 sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.
