Discovery Box1 Kings 4:27 
Context4:27 The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. 1 Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.
1 Kings 6:38
Context6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul 2 (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. 3
1 Kings 9:25
Context9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 4 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. 5
1 Kings 15:33
Context15:33 In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah; he ruled for twenty-four years.
1 Kings 16:8
Context16:8 In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha’s son Elah became king over Israel; he ruled in Tirzah for two years.
1 Kings 16:29
Context16:29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri’s son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. 6
1 Kings 18:1
Context18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, 7 “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”
1 Kings 22:51
Context22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. 8 He ruled for two years over Israel.
1 tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”
2 sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959
3 tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”
4 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
5 tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”
6 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
7 tn Heb “the word of the
8 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
