Discovery Box1 Kings 6:7 
Context6:7 As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry 1 were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.
1 Kings 15:5
Context15:5 He did this 2 because David had done what he approved 3 and had not disregarded any of his commandments 4 his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.
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. 5
1 tn Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry.
2 tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the
4 tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”
5 tn Heb “and he did not spare any belonging to him who urinate against a wall, [including] his kinsmen redeemers and his friends.”
