6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv 5 (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.
8:1 11 Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem 12 Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). 13
12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin 16 to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; 17 he continued to appoint common people 18 as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. 19
1 tn Heb “because you asked for this thing, and did not ask for yourself many days and did not ask for yourself riches and did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment.”
2 tn Heb “Look, I am saying.”
3 tn Heb “a house for the name of the
4 tn Heb “a house for my name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the
5 sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966
6 tn Heb “five cubits.”
7 tn Heb “six cubits.”
8 tn Heb “seven cubits.”
9 tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”
10 tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”
11 tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words at the beginning of ch. 8: “It so happened that when Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own house, after twenty years.”
12 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
13 tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solomon [in] Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the
14 tn Heb “besides what he had given her according to the hand of King Solomon.”
15 tn Heb “turned and went.”
16 tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”
17 tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”
18 sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.
19 tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”
20 tn Heb “Get up, change yourself.”
21 tn Heb “look, Ahijah the prophet is there, he told me [I would be] king over this nation.”
22 tn Heb “a little.”
23 tn Heb “he makes the kingdom or the nation swear an oath.”
24 tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”
25 tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”
26 tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.
27 tn Heb “has feared the
28 tn Heb “elders.”
29 tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”
30 tn Heb “While I was talking…, I said…, he said….” Ahab’s explanation is one lengthy sentence in the Hebrew text, which is divided in the English translation for stylistic reasons.