1 Kings 8:4

8:4 The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, 1  and all the holy items in the tent. 2 

1 Kings 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival 3  in the month Ethanim 4  (the seventh month).

1 Kings 6:17

6:17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long. 5 

1 Kings 6:2

6:2 The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet 6  long, 30 feet 7  wide, and 45 feet 8  high.

1 Kings 5:7

5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he 9  has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

1 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

2 tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”

3 sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

4 sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

5 tn Heb “and the house was forty cubits, that is, the main hall before it.”

6 tn 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.

7 tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

8 tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

9 tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”