1 Kings 7:4-6

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 1 Kings 7:4 tn Heb “and framed [windows in] three rows, and opening to opening three times.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain. Another option might be, “overhung [in] three rows.” This might mean they were positioned high on the walls.
2. 1 Kings 7:5 tn Heb “all of the doors and doorposts.”
3. 1 Kings 7:5 sn Rectangular in shape. That is, rather than arched.
4. 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).
5. 1 Kings 7:6 tn Heb “a porch of pillars.”
6. 1 Kings 7:6 tn Heb “50 cubits.”
7. 1 Kings 7:6 tn Heb “30 cubits.”
8. 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.