1 Kings 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ¹  King Hiram of Tyre ²  sent messengers ³  to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

1 Kings 7:6

7:6 He made a colonnade ⁴  75 feet ⁵  long and 45 feet ⁶  wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch. ⁷ 

1 Kings 7:8

7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. ⁸  He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. ⁹ 

1 Kings 7:12

7:12 Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. ¹⁰ 

1 Kings 8:6

8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned ¹¹  place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

1 Kings 8:8

8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ¹²  They have remained there to this very day.

¹ sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.

² map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

³ tn Heb “his servants.”

⁴ tn Heb “a porch of pillars.”

⁵ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

⁶ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

⁷ tn Heb “and a porch was in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars) and pillars and a roof in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars and porch).” The precise meaning of the term translated “roof” is uncertain; it occurs only here and in Ezek 41:25-26.

⁷ tn Heb “and his house where he lived, the other court [i.e., as opposed to the great court], separated from the house belonging to the hall, was like this work [i.e., this style of architecture].”

⁸ tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”

¹⁰ tn Or “the porch of the temple.”

¹³ tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁶ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”