1 Kings 7:27
Context7:27 He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet 1 long, six feet 2 wide, and four-and-a-half feet 3 high.
1 Kings 6:17
Context6:17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long. 4
1 Kings 6:26
Context6:26 Each cherub stood 15 feet high. 5
1 Kings 6:6
Context6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet 6 wide, the middle floor nine feet 7 wide, and the third floor ten and a half 8 feet wide. He made ledges 9 on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. 10
1 Kings 7:23
Context7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.” 11 It measured 15 feet 12 from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet 13 high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 14
1 Kings 6:25
Context6:25 The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape. 15
1 Kings 6:3
Context6:3 The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet 16 long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet 17 wide, extending out from the front of the temple.
1 Kings 7:24
Context7:24 Under the rim all the way around it 18 were round ornaments 19 arranged in settings 15 feet long. 20 The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.” 21
1 Kings 7:31
Context7:31 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. 22 On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames. 23
1 Kings 7:38
Context7:38 He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. 24 Each basin was six feet in diameter; 25 there was one basin for each stand.


[7:27] 1 tn Heb “four cubits.”
[7:27] 2 tn Heb “four cubits.”
[7:27] 3 tn Heb “three cubits.”
[6:17] 4 tn Heb “and the house was forty cubits, that is, the main hall before it.”
[6:26] 7 tn Heb “the height of the first cherub was ten cubits; and so was the second cherub.”
[6:6] 10 tn Heb “five cubits.”
[6:6] 12 tn Heb “seven cubits.”
[6:6] 13 tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”
[6:6] 14 tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”
[7:23] 13 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”
[7:23] 14 tn Heb “ten cubits.”
[7:23] 15 tn Heb “five cubits.”
[7:23] 16 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”
[6:25] 16 tn Heb “and the second cherub was ten cubits, the two cherubs had one measurement and one shape.”
[6:3] 19 tn Heb “twenty cubits.”
[7:24] 22 tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[7:24] 23 tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”
[7:24] 24 tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.
[7:24] 25 tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”
[7:31] 25 tn 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] 26 tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”
[7:38] 28 tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).
[7:38] 29 tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.