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, 6
18:30 Elijah then told all the people, “Approach me.” So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down. 7
1 tn Heb “Solomon loved the
2 tn Or “policies, rules.”
3 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).
4 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).
5 tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”
5 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 sn Torn down. The condition of the altar symbolizes the spiritual state of the people.
9 tn Heb “and he built the stones into an altar in the name of the
10 tn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about seven quarts.