1 Raja-raja 4:23

4:23 ten calves fattened in the stall, ¹  twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds.

1 Raja-raja 4:25

4:25 All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime. ² 

1 Raja-raja 4:28

4:28 Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 4:33-34

4:33 He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, ⁴  from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing ⁵  animals, birds, insects, and fish. 4:34 People from all nations came to hear Solomon’s display of wisdom; ⁶  they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.

1 Raja-raja 5:4

5:4 But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.

1 Raja-raja 5:13-14

5:13 King Solomon conscripted ⁷  work crews ⁸  from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all. 5:14 He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of ⁹  the work crews.

1 Raja-raja 5:16-18

5:16 besides 3,300 ¹⁰  officials who supervised the workers. ¹¹  5:17 By royal order ¹²  they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone. 5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, ¹³  along with men from Byblos, ¹⁴  did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. ¹⁵ 

[4:23]  ¹ tn The words “in the stall” are added for clarification; note the immediately following reference to cattle from the pasture.

[4:25]  ² tn Heb “Judah and Israel lived securely, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beer Sheba, all the days of Solomon.”

[4:28]  ³ tn Heb “barley and straw for the horses and the steeds they brought to the place which was there, each according to his measure.”

[4:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “he spoke about plants.”

[4:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “he spoke about.”

[4:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon.”

[5:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “raised up.”

[5:13]  ⁸ sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[5:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “was over.”

[5:16]  ¹⁰ tc Some Greek mss of the OT read “3,600”; cf. 2 Chr 2:2, 18 and NLT.

[5:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “besides thirty-three hundred from the officials of Solomon’s governors who were over the work, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”

[5:17]  ¹² tn Heb “and the king commanded.”

[5:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “builders.”

[5:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

[5:18]  ¹⁵ tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”