Discovery Box1 Kings 5:3 
Context5:3 “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord 1 his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. 2
1 Kings 5:18--6:1
Context5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, 3 along with men from Byblos, 4 did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. 5
6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv 6 (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 6:8
Context6:8 The entrance to the bottom 7 level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up 8 to the middle floor and then on up to the third 9 floor.
1 Kings 6:12
Context6:12 “As for this temple you are building, if you follow 10 my rules, observe 11 my regulations, and obey all my commandments, 12 I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. 13
1 Kings 6:16
Context6:16 He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. 14 He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. 15
1 Kings 6:38
Context6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul 16 (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. 17
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. 18
1 Kings 7:39
Context7:39 He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.
1 Kings 7:50
Context7:50 the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
1 Kings 8:6
Context8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned 19 place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.
1 Kings 8:31
Context8:31 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. 20
1 Kings 8:33
Context8:33 “The time will come when 21 your people Israel are defeated by an enemy 22 because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, 23 and pray for your help 24 in this temple,
1 Kings 8:44
Context8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, 25 and they direct their prayers to the Lord 26 toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, 27
1 Kings 8:63
Context8:63 Solomon offered as peace offerings 28 to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 9:3
Context9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered 29 your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; 30 I will be constantly present there. 31
1 Kings 9:7
Context9:7 then I will remove Israel from the land 32 I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, 33 and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed 34 among all the nations.
1 Kings 9:15
Context9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews 35 King Solomon conscripted 36 to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, 37 and the cities of 38 Hazor, 39 Megiddo, 40 and Gezer.
1 Kings 9:25
Context9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 41 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. 42
1 Kings 10:5
Context10:5 the food in his banquet hall, 43 his servants and attendants, 44 their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed. 45
1 Kings 10:12
Context10:12 With the timber the king made supports 46 for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments 47 for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. 48 )
1 Kings 12:27
Context12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, 49 their loyalty could shift to their former master, 50 King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”
1 tn Heb “a house for the name of the
2 tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the
3 tn Heb “builders.”
4 tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”
5 tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”
6 sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966
7 tc The Hebrew text has “middle,” but the remainder of the verse suggests this is an error.
8 tn Heb “by stairs they went up.” The word translated “stairs” occurs only here. Other options are “trapdoors” or “ladders.”
9 tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew
10 tn Heb “walk in.”
11 tn Heb “do.”
12 tn Heb “and keep all my commandments by walking in them.”
13 tn Heb “I will establish my word with you which I spoke to David your father.”
14 tn Heb “He built twenty cubits from the rear areas of the temple with cedar planks from the floor to the walls, and he built it on the inside for an inner sanctuary, for a holy place of holy places.”
15 tc The MT has קְלָעִים (qÿla’im, “curtains”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.
16 sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959
17 tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”
18 tn Or “the porch of the temple.”
19 tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
20 tn Heb “and forgive the man who sins against his neighbor when one takes up against him a curse to curse him and the curse comes before your altar in this house.” In the Hebrew text the words “and forgive” conclude v. 30, but the accusative sign at the beginning of v. 31 suggests the verb actually goes with what follows in v. 31. The parallel text in 2 Chr 6:22 begins with “and if,” rather than the accusative sign. In this case “forgive” must be taken with what precedes, and v. 31 must be taken as the protasis (“if” clause) of a conditional sentence, with v. 32 being the apodosis (“then” clause) that completes the sentence.
sn Be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. At first it appears that Solomon is asking God to forgive the guilty party. But in v. 32 Solomon asks the
21 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
22 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
23 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
24 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
25 tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”
26 tn Or perhaps “to you, O
27 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
28 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
29 tn Heb “I have heard.”
30 tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).
31 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”
32 tn Heb “I will cut off Israel from upon the surface of the land.”
33 tn Heb “and the temple which I consecrated for my name I will send away from before my face.”
sn Instead of “I will send away,” the parallel text in 2 Chr 7:20 has “I will throw away.” The two verbs sound very similar in Hebrew, so the discrepancy is likely due to an oral transmissional error.
34 tn Heb “will become a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.
35 sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
36 tn Heb “raised up.”
37 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
38 tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
39 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
40 map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.
41 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
42 tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”
43 tn Heb “the food on his table.”
44 tn Heb “the seating of his servants and the standing of his attendants.”
45 tn Heb “there was no breath still in her.”
46 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.”
47 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
48 tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”
49 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
50 tn Heb “the heart of these people could return to their master.”
