Discovery Box1 Kings 4:7 
Context4:7 Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.
1 Kings 9:1
Context9:1 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned, 1
1 Kings 9:24
Context9:24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the city of David 2 to the palace Solomon built for her. 3
1 Kings 14:26-27
Context14:26 He took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made. 14:27 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard 4 who protected the entrance to the royal palace.
1 Kings 21:1
Context21:1 After this the following episode took place. 5 Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. 6
1 tn Heb “and all the desire of Solomon which he wanted to do.”
2 sn The phrase city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
3 tn Heb “As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her house which he built for her, then he built the terrace.”
4 tn Heb “runners.”
5 tn Heb “after these things.” The words “the following episode took place” are added for stylistic reasons.
6 sn King Ahab of Samaria. Samaria, as the capital of the northern kingdom, here stands for the nation of Israel.
map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
