1 Raja-raja 4:29-30

4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding ¹  was as infinite as the sand on the seashore. 4:30 Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt. ² 

1 Raja-raja 6:29

6:29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, ³  he carved ⁴  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

1 Raja-raja 8:6

8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned ⁵  place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

1 Raja-raja 11:20

11:20 Tahpenes’ sister gave birth to his son, ⁶  named Genubath. Tahpenes raised ⁷  him in Pharaoh’s palace; Genubath grew up in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s sons.

[4:29]  ¹ tn Heb “heart,” i.e., mind. (The Hebrew term translated “heart” often refers to the mental faculties.)

[4:30]  ² tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon was greater than the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.”

[6:29]  ³ sn Inside and out probably refers to the inner and outer rooms within the building.

[6:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “carved engravings of carvings.”

[8:6]  ⁵ tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[11:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “bore him Genubath his son.”

[11:20]  ⁷ tc The Hebrew text reads וַתִּגְמְלֵהוּ (vattigmÿlehu, “weaned him”) but a slight alteration of the consonantal text yields וַתִּגְדְלֵהוּ (vattigdÿlehu, “raised him”), which seems to make better sense.