Footnotes

1. 1 Kings 10:12 tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”
2. 1 Kings 10:12 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
3. 1 Kings 10:12 tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”
4. 1 Kings 10:13 tn Heb “besides what he had given her according to the hand of King Solomon.”
5. 1 Kings 10:13 tn Heb “turned and went.”