7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. 1 Each basin was six feet in diameter; 2 there was one basin for each stand.
4:5 Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of 8 the district governors.
Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to 9 the king.
1 tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).
2 tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.
3 tn Heb “he built.”
4 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.
5 tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”
6 tn Heb “fifty cubits.”
7 tn Heb “thirty cubits.”
8 tn Heb “was over.”
9 tn Heb “close associate of”; KJV, ASV, NASB “the king’s friend” (a title for an adviser, not just an acquaintance).