Discovery Box1 Kings 7:14 
Context7:14 He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, 1 and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge 2 to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.
1 Kings 8:43
Context8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. 3 Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, 4 obey 5 you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. 6
1 Kings 8:65
Context8:65 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt 7 in the south. 8
1 Kings 10:21
Context10:21 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time. 9
1 tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”
2 tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”
3 tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”
4 tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.
5 tn Heb “fear.”
6 tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
7 tn Or “the Wadi of Egypt” (NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “the Egyptian Gorge.”
8 tn Heb “Solomon held at that time the festival, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the
9 tn Heb “there was no silver, it was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.”
