Discovery Box1 Kings 1:9 
Context1:9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, 1 as well as all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.
1 Kings 4:21
Context4:21 (5:1) 2 Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River 3 to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. 4
1 Kings 10:21
Context10:21 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time. 5
1 tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.
2 sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.
3 tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.
4 tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”
5 tn Heb “there was no silver, it was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.”
