1 Raja-raja 6:18

6:18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 10:16-17

10:16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures ²  of gold were used for each shield. 10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas ³  of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ⁵  from Shemer for two talents ⁶  of silver. He launched a construction project there ⁷  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

[6:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Cedar was inside the temple, carvings of gourds (i.e., gourd-shaped ornaments) and opened flowers; the whole was cedar, no stone was seen.”

[10:16]  ² tn The Hebrew text has simply “six hundred,” with no unit of measure given.

[10:17]  ³ sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.

[10:17]  ⁴ sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.

[16:24]  ⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[16:24]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 150 pounds of silver.

[16:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”