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 feet¹ long, seven and one-half feet² wide, and four and one-half feet³ 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 7:6

7:6 The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord.⁴ (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”)⁵ Opposite the Levites,⁶ the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

2 Chronicles 8:14

8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon⁷ appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks,⁸ and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates.⁹ This was what David the man of God had ordered.¹⁰

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

²tn Heb “five cubits.”

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

⁴tn Heb “and the priests were standing at their posts, and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord.”

⁵tn Heb “which David the king made to give thanks to the Lord, for lasting is his loyal love, when David praised by them.”

⁶tn Heb “opposite them”; the referent (the Levites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”

⁹tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

¹⁰tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”