1 Kings 6:8-10

6:8 The entrance to the bottom ¹  level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up ²  to the middle floor and then on up to the third ³  floor. 6:9 He finished building the temple ⁴  and covered it ⁵  with rafters ⁶  and boards made of cedar. ⁷  6:10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high ⁸  and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

¹ tc The Hebrew text has “middle,” but the remainder of the verse suggests this is an error.

² tn Heb “by stairs they went up.” The word translated “stairs” occurs only here. Other options are “trapdoors” or “ladders.”

³ tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew mss, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate הַשְּׁלִשִׁית (hashÿlishit, “the third”) rather than MT הַשְּׁלִשִׁים (hashÿlishim, “the thirty”).

⁴ tn Heb “ built the house and completed it.”

⁵ tn Heb “the house.”

⁶ tn The word occurs only here; the precise meaning is uncertain.

⁷ tn Heb “and rows with cedar wood.”

⁷ tn Heb “five cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.