Discovery Box1 Kings 6:38 
Context6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul 1 (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. 2
1 Kings 7:23
Context7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” 3 It measured 15 feet 4 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet 5 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 6
1 Kings 18:43
Context18:43 He told his servant, “Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” 7 Seven times Elijah sent him to look. 8
1 Kings 20:29
Context20:29 The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,000 Syrian foot soldiers in one day.
1 sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959
2 tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”
3 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”
sn This large basin that was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves (2 Chr 4:6; cf. Exod 30:17-21).
4 tn Heb “ten cubits.”
5 tn Heb “five cubits.”
6 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”
7 sn So he went on up, looked, and reported, “There is nothing.” Several times in this chapter those addressed by Elijah obey his orders. In vv. 20 and 42 Ahab does as instructed, in vv. 26 and 28 the prophets follow Elijah’s advice, and in vv. 30, 34, 40 and 43 the people and servants do as they are told. By juxtaposing Elijah’s commands with accounts of those commands being obeyed, the narrator emphasizes the authority of the
8 tn Heb “He said, ‘Return,’ seven times.”
