1 Kings 6:2-10
2The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet ▼ long, 30 feet ▼▼tn Heb “20 [cubits].”
wide, and 45 feet ▼▼tn Heb “30 cubits.”
high. 3The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet ▼▼tn Heb “20 cubits.”
long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet ▼▼tn Heb “10 cubits.”
wide, extending out from the front of the temple. 4He made framed windows for the temple. 5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and Holy Place and constructed side rooms in it. ▼▼tn Heb “and he built on the wall of the temple an extension all around, the walls of the temple all around, for the main hall and for the holy place, and he made side rooms all around.”
6The bottom floor of the extension was 7½ feet ▼▼tn Heb “five cubits.”
wide, the middle floor 9 feet ▼▼tn Heb “six cubits.”
wide, and the third floor 10½ feet ▼▼tn Heb “7 cubits.”
wide. He made ledges ▼▼tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”
on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ▼▼tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”
7As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry ▼▼tn Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry.
were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built. 8The entrance to the bottom ▼▼tc The Hebrew text has “middle,” but the remainder of the verse suggests this is an error.
level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up ▼▼tn Heb “by stairs they went up.” The word translated “stairs” occurs only here. Other options are “trapdoors” or “ladders.”
to the middle floor and then on up to the third ▼▼tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew mss, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate הַשְּׁלִשִׁית (hashelishit, “the third”) rather than MT הַשְּׁלִשִׁים (hashelishim, “the thirty”).
floor. 9He finished building the temple ▼▼tn Heb “built the house and completed it.”
and covered it ▼▼tn Heb “the house.”
with rafters ▼▼tn The word occurs only here; the precise meaning is uncertain.
and boards made of cedar. ▼▼tn Heb “and rows with cedar wood.”
10He built an extension all around the temple; it was 7½ feet high ▼▼tn Heb “5 cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.
and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.
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