1 Kings 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ¹  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ²  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ³  wide, the middle floor nine feet ⁴  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ⁵  feet wide. He made ledges ⁶  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ⁷ 

[2:32]  ¹ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

[2:32]  ² tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

[6:6]  ³ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁶ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

[6:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”