1 Raja-raja 8:54

8:54 When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 13:14

13:14 and took off after the prophet, ²  whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet ³  from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”

1 Raja-raja 16:24

16:24 He purchased the hill of Samaria ⁴  from Shemer for two talents ⁵  of silver. He launched a construction project there ⁶  and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.

[8:54]  ¹ tn Or “toward heaven.”

[13:14]  ² tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:14]  ³ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[16:24]  ⁴ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[16:24]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “he built up the hill.”