1 Kings 7:5-7

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 1 Kings 7:5 tn Heb “all of the doors and doorposts.”
2. 1 Kings 7:5 sn Rectangular in shape. That is, rather than arched.
3. 1 Kings 7:5 tn Heb “and all the entrances and the doorposts [had] four frames, and in front of opening to opening three times” (the precise meaning of the description is uncertain).
4. 1 Kings 7:6 tn Heb “a porch of pillars.”
5. 1 Kings 7:6 tn Heb “50 cubits.”
6. 1 Kings 7:6 tn Heb “30 cubits.”
7. 1 Kings 7:6 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.
8. 1 Kings 7:7 tn Heb “and a porch for the throne, where he was making judicial decisions, the Porch of Judgment, he made.”
9. 1 Kings 7:7 tc The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term הַקַּרְקָע (haqqarqaʿ, “the floor”) is probably an error; one should emend to הַקּוֹרוֹת (haqqorot, “the rafters”). See 6:16.