1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ¹  wide, the middle floor nine feet ²  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ³  feet wide. He made ledges ⁴  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ⁵ 

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named ⁶  it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; ⁷  it was 150 feet ⁸  long, 75 feet ⁹  wide, and 45 feet ¹⁰  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.” ¹¹  It measured 15 feet ¹²  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ¹³  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ¹⁴ 

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. ¹⁵  On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames. ¹⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “five cubits.”

² tn Heb “six cubits.”

³ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

⁴ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

⁵ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

⁶ tn Heb “he built.”

⁷ sn 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.

⁸ tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

⁹ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

¹¹ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

¹² tn Heb “ten cubits.”

¹³ tn Heb “five cubits.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

¹⁶ tn 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.

¹⁷ tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”