1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ¹  wide, the middle floor nine feet ²  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ³  feet wide. He made ledges ⁴  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ⁵ 

1 Kings 10:12

10:12 With the timber the king made supports ⁶  for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments ⁷  for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. ⁸ )

1 Kings 13:2

13:2 With the authority of the Lord ⁹  he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’” ¹⁰ 

[6:6]  ¹ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6]  ² tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6]  ³ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”

[10:12]  ⁶ tn This Hebrew architectural term occurs only here. The meaning is uncertain; some have suggested “banisters” or “parapets”; cf. TEV, NLT “railings.” The parallel passage in 2 Chr 9:11 has a different word, meaning “tracks,” or perhaps “steps.”

[10:12]  ⁷ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither” [?]), and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

[10:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “there has not come thus, the fine timber, and there has not been seen to this day.”

[13:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “by the word of the Lord.”

[13:2]  ¹² sn ‘Look…you.’ For the fulfillment of this prophecy see 2 Kgs 23:15-20.