1 Kings 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ¹  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 7:15-16

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet ²  high and 18 feet ³  in circumference. 7:16 He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. ⁴ 

1 Kings 7:18

7:18 When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar. ⁵ 

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” ⁶  It measured 15 feet ⁷  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ⁸  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ⁹ 

[6:1]  ¹ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[7:15]  ² tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

[7:15]  ³ tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

[7:16]  ³ tn Heb “two capitals he made to place on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze; five cubits was the height of the first capital, and five cubits was the height of the second capital.”

[7:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “he made the pillars, and two rows surrounding one latticework to cover the capitals which were on top of the pomegranates, and so he did for the second latticework.” The translation supplies “pomegranates” after “two rows,” and understands “pillars,” rather than “pomegranates,” to be the correct reading after “on top of.” The latter change finds support from many Hebrew mss and the ancient Greek version.

[7:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[7:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “ten cubits.”

[7:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[7:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”