Discovery Box1 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. 1 He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. 2
1 Kings 7:9
Context7:9 All of these were built with the best 3 stones, chiseled to the right size 4 and cut with a saw on all sides, 5 from the foundation to the edge of the roof 6 and from the outside to the great courtyard.
1 Kings 8:44
Context8:44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, 7 and they direct their prayers to the Lord 8 toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, 9
1 Kings 9:3
Context9:3 The Lord said to him, “I have answered 10 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; 11 I will be constantly present there. 12
1 Kings 9:19
Context9:19 all the storage cities that belonged to him, 13 and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. 14 He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. 15
1 Kings 9:25
Context9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings 16 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. 17
1 Kings 11:27
Context11:27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: 18 Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. 19
1 Kings 16:24
Context16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria 20 from Shemer for two talents 21 of silver. He launched a construction project there 22 and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.
1 Kings 22:39
Context22:39 The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 23
1 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.”
2 tc The MT has קְלָעִים (qÿla’im, “curtains”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.
3 tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).
4 tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”
5 tn Heb “inside and out.”
6 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת (tÿfakhot) is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.
7 tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”
8 tn Or perhaps “to you, O
9 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
10 tn Heb “I have heard.”
11 tn Heb “by placing my name there perpetually” (or perhaps, “forever”).
12 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”
13 tn Heb “to Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
14 tn Heb “the cities of the chariots and the cities of the horses.”
15 tn Heb “and the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his kingdom.”
16 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”
17 tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”
18 tn Heb “this is the matter concerning which he raised a hand against the king.”
19 sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
20 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
21 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver.
22 tn Heb “he built up the hill.”
23 tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the house of ivory which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
