Discovery Box1 Kings 4:21 
Context4:21 (5:1) 1 Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River 2 to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. 3
1 Kings 7:9
Context7:9 All of these were built with the best 4 stones, chiseled to the right size 5 and cut with a saw on all sides, 6 from the foundation to the edge of the roof 7 and from the outside to the great courtyard.
1 Kings 7:42
Context7:42 the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),
1 Kings 8:54
Context8:54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. 8
1 Kings 8:59
Context8:59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, 9 so that he might vindicate 10 his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.
1 Kings 10:7
Context10:7 I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! 11 Your wisdom and wealth 12 surpass what was reported to me.
1 Kings 10:17
Context10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas 13 of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 14
1 Kings 11:11
Context11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, 15 I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
1 Kings 12:6
Context12:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served 16 his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, 17 “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
1 Kings 12:27
Context12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, 18 their loyalty could shift to their former master, 19 King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”
1 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.
2 tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.
3 tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”
4 tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).
5 tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”
6 tn Heb “inside and out.”
7 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.
8 tn Or “toward heaven.”
9 tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the
10 tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”
11 tn Heb “the half was not told to me.”
12 tn Heb “good.”
13 sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.
14 sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.
15 tn Heb “Because this is with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my rules which I commanded you.”
16 tn Heb “stood before.”
17 tn Heb “saying.”
18 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
19 tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”
