1 Raja-raja 3:1

The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom

3:1 Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David ¹  until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. ² 

1 Raja-raja 6:1

The Building of the Temple

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 ³  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Raja-raja 8:33

8:33 “The time will come when ⁴  your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ⁵  because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ⁶  and pray for your help ⁷  in this temple,

1 Raja-raja 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports ⁸  for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments ⁹  for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. ¹⁰ )

[3:1]  ¹ sn The phrase City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[3:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:1]  ³ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[8:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[8:33]  ⁵ tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

[8:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[8:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

[10:12]  ⁸ tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

[10:12]  ⁹ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

[10:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”