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 7:2
Context7:2 He named 2 it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; 3 it was 150 feet 4 long, 75 feet 5 wide, and 45 feet 6 high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.
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. 7
1 Kings 9:15
Context9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews 8 King Solomon conscripted 9 to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, 10 and the cities of 11 Hazor, 12 Megiddo, 13 and Gezer.
1 Kings 10:12
Context10:12 With the timber the king made supports 14 for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments 15 for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. 16 )
1 Kings 10:17
Context10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas 17 of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 18
1 Kings 16:9
Context16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily 19 at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,
1 Kings 20:6
Context20:6 But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants’ houses. They will carry away all your valuables.” 20
1 Kings 21:4
Context21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, 21 “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” 22 He lay down on his bed, pouted, 23 and would not eat.
1 Kings 22:39
Context22:39 The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 24
1 tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”
2 tn Heb “he built.”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”
5 tn Heb “fifty cubits.”
6 tn Heb “thirty cubits.”
7 tn Or “the porch of the temple.”
8 sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
9 tn Heb “raised up.”
10 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
11 tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
12 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
13 map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.
14 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.”
15 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
16 tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”
17 sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.
18 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.
19 tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”
20 tn Heb “all that is desirable to your eyes they will put in their hand and take.”
21 tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”
22 tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”
23 tn Heb “turned away his face.”
24 tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the house of ivory which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
