1 Raja-raja 4:23-25

4:23 ten calves fattened in the stall, ¹  twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds. 4:24 His royal court was so large because ²  he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah ³  to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. ⁴  4:25 All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 4:28

4:28 Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 4:33-34

4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, ⁷  from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing ⁸  animals, birds, insects, and fish. 4:34 People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; ⁹  they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

1 Raja-raja 5:13-14

5:13 King Solomon conscripted ¹⁰  work crews ¹¹  from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all. 5:14 He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of ¹²  the work crews.

1 Raja-raja 5:16-18

5:16 besides 3,300 ¹³  officials who supervised the workers. ¹⁴  5:17 By royal order ¹⁵  they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone. 5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ¹⁶  along with men from Byblos, ¹⁷  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ¹⁸ 

[4:23]  ¹ tn The words “in the stall” are added for clarification; note the immediately following reference to cattle from the pasture.

[4:24]  ² tn Heb “because.” The words “his royal court was so large” are added to facilitate the logical connection with the preceding verse.

[4:24]  ³ sn Tiphsah. This was located on the Euphrates River.

[4:24]  ⁴ 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.”

[4:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “Judah and Israel lived securely, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beer Sheba, all the days of Solomon.”

[4:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “barley and straw for the horses and the steeds they brought to the place which was there, each according to his measure.”

[4:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”

[4:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “he spoke about.”

[4:34]  ⁹ tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon.”

[5:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “raised up.”

[5:13]  ¹¹ sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[5:14]  ¹² tn Heb “was over.”

[5:16]  ¹³ tc Some Greek mss of the OT read “3,600”; cf. 2 Chr 2:2, 18 and NLT.

[5:16]  ¹⁴ 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.”

[5:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the king commanded.”

[5:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “builders.”

[5:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

[5:18]  ¹⁸ tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”