Discovery Box1 Kings 5:18 
Context5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, 1 along with men from Byblos, 2 did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. 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 10:22
Context10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships 6 that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet 7 came into port with cargoes of 8 gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 9
1 Kings 20:1
Context20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria 10 and besieged and attacked it. 11
1 tn Heb “builders.”
2 tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”
3 tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”
4 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
5 tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”
6 tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
7 tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”
8 tn Heb “came carrying.”
9 tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”
10 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
11 tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”
