1 Kings 3:28

3:28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected ¹  the king, for they realized ²  that he possessed supernatural wisdom ³  to make judicial decisions.

1 Kings 4:24

4:24 His royal court was so large because ⁴  he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah ⁵  to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. ⁶ 

1 Kings 4:27

4:27 The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. ⁷  Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking.

1 Kings 4:31

4:31 He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations. ⁸ 

1 Kings 6:3

6:3 The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet ⁹  long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet ¹⁰  wide, extending out from the front of the temple.

1 Kings 7:21

7:21 He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right ¹¹  side and called it Jakin; ¹²  he erected the other pillar on the left ¹³  side and called it Boaz. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 7:36

7:36 He engraved ornamental cherubs, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, ¹⁵  with wreaths ¹⁶  all around.

1 Kings 7:50

7:50 the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

1 Kings 14:23

14:23 They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

1 Kings 20:12

20:12 When Ben Hadad received this reply, ¹⁷  he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. ¹⁸  He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city.

1 Kings 20:16

20:16 They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily ¹⁹  in their quarters. ²⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “feared,” perhaps in the sense, “stood in awe of.”

² tn Heb “saw.”

³ tn Heb “the wisdom of God within him.”

⁴ tn Heb “because.” The words “his royal court was so large” are added to facilitate the logical connection with the preceding verse.

⁵ sn Tiphsah. This was located on the Euphrates River.

⁶ tn Heb “for he was ruling over all [the region] beyond the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kingdoms beyond the River, and he had peace on every side all around.”

⁷ tn Heb “everyone who drew near to the table of King Solomon.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “his name was in all the surrounding nations.”

¹³ tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “ten cubits.”

¹⁶ tn Or “south.”

¹⁷ sn The name Jakin appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”

¹⁸ tn Or “north.”

¹⁹ sn The meaning of the name Boaz is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בעז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name as בְּעֹז (be’oz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “according to the space of each.”

²⁰ tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

²² tn Heb “When he heard this word.”

²³ tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.

²⁵ tn Heb “drinking and drunken.”

²⁶ tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.