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 4:24
Context4:24 His royal court was so large because 2 he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah 3 to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. 4
1 Kings 7:9
Context7:9 All of these were built with the best 5 stones, chiseled to the right size 6 and cut with a saw on all sides, 7 from the foundation to the edge of the roof 8 and from the outside to the great courtyard.
1 Kings 8:53
Context8:53 After all, 9 you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, 10 just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
1 Kings 12:20
Context12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 11
1 tc The ancient Greek version omits this appositional phrase.
2 tn Heb “because.” The words “his royal court was so large” are added to facilitate the logical connection with the preceding verse.
3 sn Tiphsah. This was located on the Euphrates River.
4 tn Heb “for he was ruling over all [the region] beyond the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kingdoms beyond the River, and he had peace on every side all around.”
5 tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).
6 tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”
7 tn Heb “inside and out.”
8 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת (tÿfakhot) is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.
9 tn Or “For.”
10 tn Heb “your inheritance.”
11 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”
