1 Kings 6:23

6:23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet ¹  high.

1 Kings 6:2

6:2 The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet ²  long, 30 feet ³  wide, and 45 feet ⁴  high.

1 Kings 6:10

6:10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high ⁵  and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

1 Kings 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet ⁶  long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, ⁷  as well as the cedar altar. ⁸ 

1 Kings 7:2

7:2 He named ⁹  it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”; ¹⁰  it was 150 feet ¹¹  long, 75 feet ¹²  wide, and 45 feet ¹³  high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 7:23

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” ¹⁴  It measured 15 feet ¹⁵  from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet ¹⁶  high. Its circumference was 45 feet. ¹⁷ 

[6:23]  ¹ tn Heb “ten cubits” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

[6:2]  ² 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.

[6:2]  ³ tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

[6:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[6:10]  ³ tn Heb “five cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.

[6:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

[6:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

[6:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

[7:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “he built.”

[7:2]  ⁶ sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.

[7:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

[7:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

[7:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[7:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[7:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “ten cubits.”

[7:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[7:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”