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 7:51
Context7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he 3 put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 8:54
Context8:54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. 4
1 Kings 8:63
Context8:63 Solomon offered as peace offerings 5 to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 9:9
Context9:9 Others will then answer, 6 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors 7 out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 8 That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’”
1 Kings 9:25
Context9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 9 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. 10
1 Kings 18:39
Context18:39 When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “The Lord is the true God! 11 The Lord is the true God!”
1 Kings 22:19
Context22:19 Micaiah 12 said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.
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 “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Or “toward heaven.”
5 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
6 tn Heb “and they will say.”
7 tn Heb “fathers.”
8 tn Heb “and they took hold of other gods and bowed down to them and served them.”
9 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
10 tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”
11 tn Heb “the God” (the phrase occurs twice in this verse).
12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
