Discovery Box1 Kings 6:25 
Context6:25 The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape. 1
1 Kings 7:46
Context7:46 The king had them cast in earth foundries 2 in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
1 Kings 8:17
Context8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire 3 to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. 4
1 Kings 9:2
Context9:2 the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. 5
1 Kings 9:12
Context9:12 When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. 6
1 Kings 10:4
Context10:4 When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, 7 the palace 8 he had built,
1 Kings 11:16
Context11:16 For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army 9 stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom. 10
1 Kings 12:8
Context12:8 But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. 11
1 Kings 14:18
Context14:18 All Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as the Lord had predicted 12 through his servant the prophet Ahijah.
1 Kings 16:12
Context16:12 Zimri destroyed Baasha’s entire family, just as the Lord had predicted to Baasha 13 through Jehu the prophet.
1 Kings 16:32
Context16:32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.
1 Kings 22:46
Context22:46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. 14
1 Kings 22:53
Context22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, 15 angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. 16
1 tn Heb “and the second cherub was ten cubits, the two cherubs had one measurement and one shape.”
2 tn Or perhaps, “molds.”
3 tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”
4 tn Heb “to build a house for the name of the
5 sn In the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. See 1 Kgs 3:5.
6 tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”
7 tn Heb “all the wisdom of Solomon.”
8 tn Heb “house.”
9 tn Heb “and all Israel.”
10 tn Heb “until he had cut off every male in Edom.”
11 tn Heb “He rejected the advice of the elders which they advised and he consulted the young men with whom he had grown up, who stood before him.” The referent (Rehoboam) of the initial pronoun (“he”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Heb “according to the word of the
13 tn Heb “according to the word of the
14 tn Heb “and the rest of the male cultic prostitutes who were left in the days of Asa his father, he burned from the land.” Some understand the verb בִּעֵר (bi’er) to mean “sweep away” here rather than “burn.” See the note at 1 Kgs 14:10.
sn Despite Asa’s opposition to these male cultic prostitutes (see 1 Kgs 15:12) some of them had managed to remain in the land. Jehoshaphat finished what his father had started.
15 tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”
16 tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”
