1 Kings 6:23

6:23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet¹ high.

1 Kings 6:2

6:2 The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet² long, 30 feet³ wide, and 45 feet⁴ high.

1 Kings 6:10

6:10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high⁵ and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

1 Kings 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet⁶ long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold,⁷ as well as the cedar altar.⁸

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named⁹ it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”;¹⁰ it was 150 feet¹¹ long, 75 feet¹² wide, and 45 feet¹³ high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.”¹⁴ It measured 15 feet¹⁵ from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet¹⁶ high. Its circumference was 45 feet.¹⁷

¹tn Heb “ten cubits” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

²tn Heb “sixty cubits.” A cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm. Measurements in vv. 2-10 have been converted to feet in the translation for clarity.

³tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

⁴tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

³tn Heb “five cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.

⁴tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

⁵tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

⁶tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

⁵tn Heb “he built.”

⁶sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.

⁷tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

⁸tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

⁹tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

⁶tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

⁷tn Heb “ten cubits.”

⁸tn Heb “five cubits.”

⁹tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”