1 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).
2 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).
3 tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”
4 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).
5 tn Heb “it.”
7 tn Heb “this is the matter concerning which he raised a hand against the king.”
8 sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.