1 Kings 6:5

6:5 He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it. ¹ 

1 Kings 6:16

6:16 He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. ²  He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. ³ 

1 Kings 6:19

6:19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.

1 Kings 6:23

6:23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet ⁴  high.

[6:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and he built on the wall of the temple an extension all around, the walls of the temple all around, for the main hall and for the holy place, and he made side rooms all around.”

[6:16]  ² tn Heb “He built twenty cubits from the rear areas of the temple with cedar planks from the floor to the walls, and he built it on the inside for an inner sanctuary, for a holy place of holy places.”

[6:16]  ³ tc The MT has קְלָעִים (qÿla’im, “curtains”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.

[6:23]  ³ tn Heb “ten cubits” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).