# The king had cast them

Solomon would have commanded his workers to do this work. Alternate translation: "The king had his workers cast them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# plain of the Jordan

"flat land near the Jordan River"

# Succoth ... Zarethan

These are names of cities. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])