Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, and they sustained the king and his palace, {each one was to sustain for each month of the year}.

Then Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand dry measures of wheat [as] food for his household, and twenty dry measures of {specially prepared olive oil}; thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.

It happened in the four hundred and eightieth year [after] the {Israelites} went out from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year {of Solomon's rule} over Israel, the month of Ziv (that [is] the second month), that he began to build the house for Yahweh.

In the fourth year, the house of Yahweh was founded in the month of Ziv.

In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, that is, the eighth month, the house was finished [according] to all his specifications and [according] to all his plans. He had built it in seven years.

Solomon sacrificed three times a year: burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar that he had built to Yahweh, and he offered incense with it before Yahweh; and so he completed the house.

The weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year [was] six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,

They [were] each bringing his gift; objects of silver and objects of gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. {This used to happen year after year}.

It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.

Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

and Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa the king of Judah, and he reigned in his place.

In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah had become king over all of Israel; [he lived] in Tirzah twenty-four years.

In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel for two years.

Zimri came and struck him down and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah and became king in his place.

In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the army was encamping against Gibbethon which belonged to the Philistines.

In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel [for] twelve years. He reigned in Tirzah six years,

Now Ahab son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah. Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

It happened many days [later] that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, present yourself to Ahab so that I may give rain on the surface of the earth."

Then the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and he said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself; {consider well} what you should do, for the king of Aram is coming against you at the turn of the year."

It happened at the turning of the year that Ben-Hadad mustered Aram and went up to Aphek for the war with Israel.

It happened in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to the king of Israel,

Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

Ahaziah son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.