1 Kings 6:18

6:18 The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. ¹ 

1 Kings 7:24

7:24 Under the rim all the way around it ²  were round ornaments ³  arranged in settings 15 feet long. ⁴  The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.” ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “Cedar was inside the temple, carvings of gourds (i.e., gourd-shaped ornaments) and opened flowers; the whole was cedar, no stone was seen.”

² tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”

⁴ tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

⁵ tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”