Discovery Box1 Kings 3:15 
Context3:15 Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. 1 He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, 2 and held a feast for all his servants.
1 Kings 6:1
Context6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv 3 (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 7:12
Context7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. 4
1 Kings 8:6
Context8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned 5 place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.
1 Kings 8:63
Context8:63 Solomon offered as peace offerings 6 to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 9:15
Context9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews 7 King Solomon conscripted 8 to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, 9 and the cities of 10 Hazor, 11 Megiddo, 12 and Gezer.
1 Kings 10:5
Context10:5 the food in his banquet hall, 13 his servants and attendants, 14 their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed. 15
1 Kings 10:12
Context10:12 With the timber the king made supports 16 for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments 17 for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. 18 )
1 Kings 12:27
Context12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, 19 their loyalty could shift to their former master, 20 King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”
1 Kings 13:5
Context13:5 The altar split open and the ashes 21 fell from the altar to the ground, 22 in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. 23
1 Kings 13:32
Context13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority 24 against the altar in Bethel 25 and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north 26 will certainly be fulfilled.”
1 Kings 18:4
Context18:4 When Jezebel was killing 27 the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)
1 Kings 18:18
Context18:18 Elijah 28 replied, “I have not brought disaster 29 on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.
1 Kings 19:7
Context19:7 The Lord’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.” 30
1 Kings 22:24
Context22:24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
1 tn Heb “and look, a dream.”
2 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
3 sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966
4 tn Or “the porch of the temple.”
5 tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
6 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
7 sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
8 tn Heb “raised up.”
9 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
10 tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
11 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
12 map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.
13 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
14 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
15 tn Heb “there was no breath still in her.”
16 tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”
17 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
18 tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”
19 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
20 tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”
21 tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.
22 tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”
23 tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the
24 tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the
25 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
26 tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.
27 tn Heb “cutting off.”
28 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
29 tn Or “trouble.”
30 tn Heb “for the journey is too great for you.”
