Discovery Box1 Kings 4:33 
Context4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, 1 from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing 2 animals, birds, insects, and fish.
1 Kings 6:10
Context6:10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high 3 and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.
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 21:26
Context21:26 He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, 5 just like the Amorites 6 whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)
1 Kings 22:53
Context22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, 7 angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. 8
1 tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”
2 tn Heb “he spoke about.”
3 tn Heb “five cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.
4 tn Or “the porch of the temple.”
5 tn The Hebrew word used here, גִלּוּלִים (gillulim) is always used as a disdainful reference to idols. It is generally thought to have originally referred to “dung pellets” (cf. KBL 183 s.v. גִלּוּלִים). It is only one of several terms used in this way, such as אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless things”) and הֲבָלִים (havalim, “vanities” or “empty winds”).
6 tn Heb “He acted very abominably by walking after the disgusting idols, according to all which the Amorites had done.”
7 tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”
8 tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”
