² tn Heb “besides thirty-three hundred from the officials of Solomon’s governors who were over the work, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”

¹ sn It is difficult to determine whether the speaker in 6:11-12 is Solomon or the Beloved.

¹ tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and wisdom.”

¹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Solomon, the former and the latter, are they not written?”

² tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.”

² tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

¹ tn Heb “and from the sons of Israel whom Solomon did not assign to the laborers for his work.”

¹ tn Heb “Solomon made all these items in great abundance so that the weight of the bronze was not sought.”

² tn Heb “Huram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of God.”

² tn Heb “and Solomon said to build a house for the name of the Lord and house for his kingship.”

² tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.”

² tn Heb “there has not come like those spices yet for quantity which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

¹ tn Heb “to Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.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 Lord.”

¹ tn Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”

² tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”

² tn Heb “And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord, for Solomon asked for this thing.”

¹ tn Heb “King Solomon.” The name and title have been replaced by the pronoun (“you”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “mount Solomon my son on the mule that belongs to me and take him down to Gihon.”