1 Kings 6:24

6:24 Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.¹

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.”² It measured 15 feet³ from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet⁴ high. Its circumference was 45 feet.⁵

1 Kings 5:18

5:18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers,⁶ along with men from Byblos,⁷ did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.⁸

1 Kings 7:24

7:24 Under the rim all the way around it⁹ were round ornaments¹⁰ arranged in settings 15 feet long.¹¹ The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”¹²

1 Kings 7:26

7:26 It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.¹³

1 Kings 7:33

7:33 The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.

1 Kings 7:36

7:36 He engraved ornamental cherubs, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room,¹⁴ with wreaths¹⁵ all around.

1 Kings 4:21

4:21 (5:1)¹⁶ Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River¹⁷ to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime.¹⁸

1 Kings 7:9

7:9 All of these were built with the best¹⁹ stones, chiseled to the right size²⁰ and cut with a saw on all sides,²¹ from the foundation to the edge of the roof²² and from the outside to the great courtyard.

1 Kings 7:31

7:31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long.²³ On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.²⁴

¹tn Heb “The first wing of the [one] cherub was five cubits, and the second wing of the cherub was five cubits, ten cubits from the tips of his wings to the tips of his wings.”

²tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

³tn Heb “ten cubits.”

⁴tn Heb “five cubits.”

⁵tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

³tn Heb “builders.”

⁴tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”

⁵tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”

⁴tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”

⁶tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

⁷tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”

⁵tn Heb “two thousand baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

⁶tn Heb “according to the space of each.”

⁷tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

⁷sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.

⁸tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.

⁹tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”

⁸tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).

⁹tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”

¹⁰tn Heb “inside and out.”

¹¹tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת (tÿfakhot) is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.

⁹tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

¹⁰tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”