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 7:23

7:23 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

A Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel

12:33 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]  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.”

[7:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

[7:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “ten cubits.”

[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.