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1 Kings 6:1

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The Building of the Temple

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 1  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 7:42

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7:42 the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar),

1 Kings 10:17

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10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas 2  of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. 3 

1 Kings 18:4

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18:4 When Jezebel was killing 4  the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

1 Kings 22:6

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22:6 So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 5  They said, “Attack! The sovereign one 6  will hand it over to the king.”

1 sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

2 sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.

3 sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.

4 tn Heb “cutting off.”

5 tn Heb “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”

6 tn Though Jehoshaphat requested an oracle from “the Lord” (יְהוָה, Yahweh), they stop short of actually using this name and substitute the title אֲדֹנָי (’adonai, “lord; master”). This ambiguity may explain in part Jehoshaphat’s hesitancy and caution (vv. 7-8). He seems to doubt that the four hundred are genuine prophets of the Lord.



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