1 Kings 8:4

8:4 The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, ¹  and all the holy items in the tent. ² 

1 Kings 8:2

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ³  in the month Ethanim ⁴  (the seventh month).

1 Kings 6:17

6:17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long. ⁵ 

1 Kings 6:2

6:2 The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet ⁶  long, 30 feet ⁷  wide, and 45 feet ⁸  high.

1 Kings 5:7

5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he ⁹  has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

[8:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

[8:4]  ² tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”

[8:2]  ³ sn The festival. This was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34.

[8:2]  ⁴ sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

[6:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the house was forty cubits, that is, the main hall before it.”

[6:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “sixty cubits.” A cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm. Measurements in vv. 2-10 have been converted to feet in the translation for clarity.

[6:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

[6:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[5:7]  ⁹ tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”