1 Kings 6:9

6:9 He finished building the temple ¹  and covered it ²  with rafters ³  and boards made of cedar. ⁴ 

1 Kings 6:15

6:15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters ⁵  of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.

[6:9]  ¹ tn Heb “ built the house and completed it.”

[6:9]  ² tn Heb “the house.”

[6:9]  ³ tn The word occurs only here; the precise meaning is uncertain.

[6:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and rows with cedar wood.”

[6:15]  ⁵ tc The MT reads קִירוֹת (qirot, “walls”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.