Discovery Box1 Kings 5:8 
Context5:8 Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: “I received 1 the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need. 2
1 Kings 10:2
Context10:2 She arrived in Jerusalem 3 with a great display of pomp, 4 bringing with her camels carrying spices, 5 a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.
1 Kings 12:21
Context12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin 6 to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
1 Kings 15:27
Context15:27 Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, conspired against Nadab 7 and assassinated him in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory. This happened while Nadab and all the Israelite army were besieging Gibbethon.
1 Kings 16:11
Context16:11 When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha’s entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends. 8
1 Kings 16:16
Context16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: 9 “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” 10 So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.
1 Kings 18:21
Context18:21 Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? 11 If the Lord is the true God, 12 then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.
1 tn Heb “heard.”
2 tn Heb “I will satisfy all your desire with respect to cedar wood and with respect to the wood of evergreens.”
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew term חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or to the great wealth she brought with her.
5 tn Or “balsam oil.”
6 tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”
7 tn Heb “against him”; the referent (Nadab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “and he did not spare any belonging to him who urinate against a wall, [including] his kinsmen redeemers and his friends.”
9 tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”
10 tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”
11 tn Heb “How long are you going to limp around on two crutches?” (see HALOT 762 s.v. סְעִפִּים). In context this idiomatic expression refers to indecision rather than physical disability.
12 tn Heb “the God.”
