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 6:2

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 11:3

11:3 He had 700 royal wives ⁵  and 300 concubines; ⁶  his wives had a powerful influence over him. ⁷ 

[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.”

[6:2]  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.”

[11:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “wives, princesses.”

[11:3]  ⁶ sn Concubines were slave women in ancient Near Eastern societies who were the legal property of their master, but who could have legitimate sexual relations with their master. A concubine’s status was more elevated than a mere servant, but she was not free and did not have the legal rights of a free wife. The children of a concubine could, in some instances, become equal heirs with the children of the free wife. The usage in the present passage suggests that after the period of the Judges concubines may have become more of a royal prerogative (cf. also 2 Sam 21:10-14).

[11:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “his wives bent his heart.”