1 Kings 6:6
Context6:6 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 7:23
Context7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” 6 It measured 15 feet 7 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet 8 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 9
1 Kings 12:33
Context12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) 10 Jeroboam 11 offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. 12 He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.


[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.”
[7:23] 6 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”
[7:23] 8 tn Heb “five cubits.”
[7:23] 9 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”
[12:33] 11 tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”
[12:33] 12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[12:33] 13 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.