Discovery Box1 Kings 7:40 
Context7:40 Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He 1 finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. 2
1 Kings 7:45
Context7:45 and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord’s temple 3 were made from polished bronze.
1 Kings 10:26
Context10:26 Solomon accumulated 4 chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. 5
1 Kings 14:27
Context14:27 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard 6 who protected the entrance to the royal palace.
1 tn Heb “Hiram.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the
3 tn Heb “which Hiram made for King Solomon [for] the house of the
4 tn Or “gathered.”
5 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 tn Heb “runners.”
