1 Kings 6:26

6:26 Each cherub stood 15 feet high.¹

1 Kings 6:23

6:23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet² high.

1 Kings 7:16

7:16 He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high.³

1 Kings 6:2

6:2 The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet⁴ long, 30 feet⁵ wide, and 45 feet⁶ high.

1 Kings 6:10

6:10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high⁷ and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

1 Kings 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet⁸ long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold,⁹ as well as the cedar altar.¹⁰

1 Kings 7:27

7:27 He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet¹¹ long, six feet¹² wide, and four-and-a-half feet¹³ high.

1 Kings 7:32

7:32 The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet¹⁴ high.

1 Kings 7:35

7:35 On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep;¹⁵ there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named¹⁶ it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”;¹⁷ it was 150 feet¹⁸ long, 75 feet¹⁹ wide, and 45 feet²⁰ high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 7:15

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet²¹ high and 18 feet²² in circumference.

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.”²³ It measured 15 feet²⁴ from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet²⁵ high. Its circumference was 45 feet.²⁶

¹tn Heb “the height of the first cherub was ten cubits; and so was the second cherub.”

²tn Heb “ten cubits” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

³tn Heb “two capitals he made to place on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze; five cubits was the height of the first capital, and five cubits was the height of the second capital.”

⁴tn 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.

⁵tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

⁶tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

⁵tn Heb “five cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.

⁶tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

⁷tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

⁸tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

⁷tn Heb “four cubits.”

⁸tn Heb “four cubits.”

⁹tn Heb “three cubits.”

⁸tn Heb “a cubit-and-a-half” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

⁹tn Heb “and on top of the stand, a half cubit [in] height, round all around” (the meaning of this description is uncertain).

¹⁰tn Heb “he built.”

¹¹sn 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.

¹²tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

¹³tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

¹⁴tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

¹¹tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

¹²tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

¹²tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

¹³tn Heb “ten cubits.”

¹⁴tn Heb “five cubits.”

¹⁵tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”