1 Raja-raja 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul ¹  (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. ² 

1 Raja-raja 11:16

11:16 For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army ³  stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 11:18

11:18 They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, supplied him with a house and food and even assigned him some land. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 16:9

16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily ⁶  at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,

1 Raja-raja 18:3

18:3 So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord. ⁷ 

[6:38]  ¹ sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[6:38]  ² tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”

[11:16]  ³ tn Heb “and all Israel.”

[11:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “until he had cut off every male in Edom.”

[11:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they arose from Midian and went to Paran and they took men with them from Paran and went to Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and he gave to him a house and food and he said to him, and a land he gave to him.” Something seems to be accidentally omitted after “and he said to him.”

[16:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”

[18:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “now Obadiah greatly feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.