2 Chronicles 6:13

6:13 Solomon had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was seven and one-half feet ¹  long, seven and one-half feet ²  wide, and four and one-half feet ³  high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky,

2 Chronicles 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger ⁴  and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib ⁵  returned home humiliated. ⁶  When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons ⁷  struck him down with the sword.

¹ tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the length would have been 7.5 feet (2.25 m).

² tn Heb “five cubits.”

³ tn Heb “three cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the height would have been 4.5 feet (1.35 m).

⁴ tn Or “an angel.”

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

⁷ tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”