1 Kings 6:32

6:32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved ¹  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. ²  He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. ³ 

1 Kings 16:34

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, ⁴  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. ⁵  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; ⁶  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, ⁷  just as the Lord had warned ⁸  through Joshua son of Nun. ⁹ 

[6:32]  ¹ tn Heb “carved carvings of.”

[6:32]  ² tn Heb “he plated [with] gold” (the precise object is not stated).

[6:32]  ³ tn Heb “and he hammered out the gold on the cherubs and the palm trees.”

[16:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “in his days.”

[16:34]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

[16:34]  ⁷ tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

[16:34]  ⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[16:34]  ⁹ sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.