1 Kings 7:6-8

7:6 He made a colonnade ¹  75 feet ²  long and 45 feet ³  wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch. ⁴  7:7 He also made a throne room, called “The Hall of Judgment,” where he made judicial decisions. ⁵  It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters. ⁶  7:8 The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. ⁷  He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. ⁸ 

[7:6]  ¹ tn Heb “a porch of pillars.”

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

[7:6]  ³ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and a porch was in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars) and pillars and a roof in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars and porch).” The precise meaning of the term translated “roof” is uncertain; it occurs only here and in Ezek 41:25-26.

[7:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and a porch for the throne, where he was making judicial decisions, the Porch of Judgment, he made.”

[7:7]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term הַקַּרְקָע (haqqarqa’, “the floor”) is probably an error; one should emend to הַקּוֹרוֹת (haqqorot, “the rafters”). See 6:16.

[7:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “and his house where he lived, the other court [i.e., as opposed to the great court], separated from the house belonging to the hall, was like this work [i.e., this style of architecture].”

[7:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”