Discovery Box1 Kings 2:16 
Context2:16 Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” 1 She said, “Go ahead and ask.” 2
1 Kings 6:3
Context6:3 The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet 3 long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet 4 wide, extending out from the front of the temple.
1 Kings 8:18
Context8:18 The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. 5
1 Kings 10:6
Context10:6 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight 6 was true!
1 Kings 20:11
Context20:11 The king of Israel replied, “Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off.” 7
1 Kings 22:12
Context22:12 All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
1 tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”
2 tn Heb “She said, ‘Speak!’”
3 tn Heb “twenty cubits.”
4 tn Heb “ten cubits.”
5 tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”
6 tn Heb “about your words [or perhaps, “deeds”] and your wisdom.”
7 sn The point of the saying is that someone who is still preparing for a battle should not boast as if he has already won the battle. A modern parallel would be, “Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.”
