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 9:22-23
Context9:22 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; 3 the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. 4 9:23 These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. 5
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 The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.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 sn These work crews. The work crews referred to here must be different than the temporary crews described in 5:13-16.
4 tn Heb “officers of his chariots and his horses.”
5 tn Heb “these [were] the officials of the governors who were over the work belonging to Solomon, five hundred fifty, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”
