Discovery Box1 Kings 3:18 
Context3:18 Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us. 1
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. 2
1 Kings 9:25
Context9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 3 on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. 4
1 Kings 10:22
Context10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships 5 that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet 6 came into port with cargoes of 7 gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 8
1 sn There was no one else in the house except the two of us. In other words, there were no other witnesses to the births who could identify which child belonged to which mother.
2 tn Or “the porch of the temple.”
3 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
4 tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”
5 tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
6 tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”
7 tn Heb “came carrying.”
8 tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”
