1 Raja-raja 3:22

3:22 The other woman said, “No! My son is alive; your son is dead!” But the first woman replied, “No, your son is dead; my son is alive.” Each presented her case before the king. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ²  wide, the middle floor nine feet ³  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ⁴  feet wide. He made ledges ⁵  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 7:31

7:31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. ⁷  On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 20:9

20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” ⁹  So the messengers went back and gave their report.

1 Raja-raja 20:25

20:25 Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots. ¹⁰  Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them.” He approved their plan and did as they advised. ¹¹ 

[3:22]  ¹ tn Heb “they spoke before the king.” Another option is to translate, “they argued before the king.”

[6:6]  ² tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6]  ³ tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

[6:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

[7:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

[7:31]  ⁸ tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”

[20:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”

[20:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “And you, you muster an army like the one that fell from you, horse like horse and chariot like chariot.”

[20:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he listened to their voice and did so.”