Discovery Box1 Kings 5:4 
Context5:4 But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.
1 Kings 8:17
Context8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire 1 to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. 2
1 Kings 8:26
Context8:26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made 3 to your servant, my father David, be realized. 4
1 Kings 8:60
Context8:60 Then 5 all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God. 6
1 Kings 10:24
Context10:24 Everyone 7 in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. 8
1 Kings 22:53
Context22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, 9 angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. 10
1 tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”
2 tn Heb “to build a house for the name of the
3 tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”
4 tn Or “prove to be reliable.”
5 tn Heb “so that.”
6 tn Heb “the
7 tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.
8 tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”
9 tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”
10 tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”
