1 Raja-raja 7:4

7:4 There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 7:25

7:25 “The Sea” stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. “The Sea” was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward. ² 

1 Raja-raja 5:16

5:16 besides 3,300 ³  officials who supervised the workers. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 10:17

10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas ⁵  of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 4:32

4:32 He composed ⁷  3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.

1 Raja-raja 6:36

6:36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.

1 Raja-raja 7:1

The Building of the Royal Palace

7:1 Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 7:5

7:5 All of the entrances ⁹  were rectangular in shape ¹⁰  and they were arranged in sets of three. ¹¹ 

1 Raja-raja 12:5

12:5 He said to them, “Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.

1 Raja-raja 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ¹²  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ¹³ 

1 Raja-raja 15:28

15:28 Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah and replaced him as king.

1 Raja-raja 22:1

Ahab Dies in Battle

22:1 There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years. ¹⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 2:11

2:11 David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem ¹⁵  thirty-three years.

1 Raja-raja 7:12

7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. ¹⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 7:27

7:27 He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet ¹⁷  long, six feet ¹⁸  wide, and four-and-a-half feet ¹⁹  high.

1 Raja-raja 11:3

11:3 He had 700 royal wives ²⁰  and 300 concubines; ²¹  his wives had a powerful influence over him. ²² 

1 Raja-raja 15:33

Baasha’s Reign over Israel

15:33 In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah; he ruled for twenty-four years.

1 Raja-raja 17:21

17:21 He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”

1 Raja-raja 2:39

2:39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, “Look, your servants are in Gath.”

1 Raja-raja 9:25

9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings ²³  on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. ²⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 10:22

10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships ²⁵  that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet ²⁶  came into port with cargoes of ²⁷  gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ²⁸ 

[7:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and framed [windows in] three rows, and opening to opening three times.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain. Another option might be, “overhung [in] three rows.” This might mean they were positioned high on the walls.

[7:25]  ² tn Heb “all their hindquarters were toward the inside.”

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

[5:16]  ⁴ 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.”

[10:17]  ⁵ sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.

[10:17]  ⁶ 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.

[4:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “spoke.”

[7:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “His house Solomon built in thirteen years and he completed all his house.”

[7:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “all of the doors and doorposts.”

[7:5]  ¹⁰ sn Rectangular in shape. That is, rather than arched.

[7:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and all the entrances and the doorposts [had] four frames, and in front of opening to opening three times” (the precise meaning of the description is uncertain).

[15:2]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:2]  ¹³ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

[22:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and they lived three years without war between Aram and Israel.”

[2:11]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:12]  ¹⁶ tn Or “the porch of the temple.”

[7:27]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “four cubits.”

[7:27]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “four cubits.”

[7:27]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “three cubits.”

[11:3]  ²⁰ tn Heb “wives, princesses.”

[11:3]  ²¹ sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. The usage in the present passage suggests that after the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (cf. also 2 Sam 21:10-14).

[11:3]  ²² tn Heb “his wives bent his heart.”

[9:25]  ²³ tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV, TEV “fellowship offerings.”

[9:25]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and he made complete the house.”

[10:22]  ²⁵ tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

[10:22]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”

[10:22]  ²⁷ tn Heb “came carrying.”

[10:22]  ²⁸ tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”