1 Raja-raja 9:12

9:12 When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 10:14

Solomon’s Wealth

10:14 Solomon received 666 talents ²  of gold per year, ³ 

1 Raja-raja 10:18

10:18 The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

1 Raja-raja 11:14

11:14 The Lord brought ⁴  against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

1 Raja-raja 15:14

15:14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. ⁵ 

1 Raja-raja 16:6

16:6 Baasha passed away ⁶  and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king.

1 Raja-raja 18:17

18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he ⁷  said to him, “Is it really you, the one who brings disaster ⁸  on Israel?”

1 Raja-raja 22:33

22:33 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

[9:12]  ¹ tn Heb “they were not agreeable in his eyes.”

[10:14]  ² 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 50,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “twenty-five tons”; TEV “almost 23,000 kilogrammes.”

[10:14]  ³ tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.”

[11:14]  ⁴ tn Or “raised up.”

[15:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete with the Lord all his days.”

[16:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[18:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “Ahab.”

[18:17]  ⁸ tn Or “trouble.”