1 Kings 6:6

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6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet¹ wide, the middle floor nine feet² wide, and the third floor ten and a half³ feet wide. He made ledges⁴ on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.⁵

1 Kings 7:2

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7:2 He named⁶ it “The Palace of the Lebanon Forest”;⁷ it was 150 feet⁸ long, 75 feet⁹ wide, and 45 feet¹⁰ high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

1 Kings 7:23

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7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.”¹¹ It measured 15 feet¹² from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet¹³ high. Its circumference was 45 feet.¹⁴

1 Kings 7:31

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7:31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long.¹⁵ On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.¹⁶

[6:6] ¹tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6] ²tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6] ³tn Heb “seven cubits.”

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

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

[7:2] ⁶tn Heb “he built.”

[7:2] ⁷sn 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] ⁸tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

[7:2] ⁹tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

[7:2] ¹⁰tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[7:23] ¹¹tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[7:23] ¹²tn Heb “ten cubits.”

[7:23] ¹³tn Heb “five cubits.”

[7:23] ¹⁴tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

[7:31] ¹⁶tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

[7:31] ¹⁷tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”