1 Raja-raja 7:48

7:48 Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence, ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 9:15

9:15 Here are the details concerning the work crews ²  King Solomon conscripted ³  to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, ⁴  and the cities of ⁵  Hazor, ⁶  Megiddo, ⁷  and Gezer.

1 Raja-raja 9:24

9:24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the city of David ⁸  to the palace Solomon built for her. ⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 11:27

11:27 This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: ¹⁰  Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. ¹¹ 

[7:48]  ¹ tn Heb “the bread of the face [or presence].” Many recent English versions employ “the bread of the Presence,” although this does not convey much to the modern reader.

[7:48]  sn This bread was viewed as a perpetual offering to God and was regarded as holy. See Lev 24:5-9.

[9:15]  ² sn The work crews. This Hebrew word מַס (mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.

[9:15]  ³ tn Heb “raised up.”

[9:15]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:15]  ⁵ tn The words “the cities of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:15]  ⁶ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[9:15]  ⁷ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[9:24]  ⁸ sn The phrase city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[9:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her house which he built for her, then he built the terrace.”

[11:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “this is the matter concerning which he raised a hand against the king.”

[11:27]  ¹¹ sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.