¹tn Heb “His house Solomon built in thirteen years and he completed all his house.”

²tn Heb “he built.”

³sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.

⁴tn Heb “one hundred cubits.”

⁵tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

⁶tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

⁷tn 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.

⁸tn Heb “all of the doors and doorposts.”

⁹sn Rectangular in shape. That is, rather than arched.

¹⁰tn 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).

¹¹tn Heb “a porch of pillars.”

¹²tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

¹³tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

¹⁴tn 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.

¹⁵tn Heb “and a porch for the throne, where he was making judicial decisions, the Porch of Judgment, he made.”

¹⁶tc The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term uqrqh (“the floor”) is probably an error; one should emend to twrwqh (“the rafters”). See 6:16.

¹⁷tn 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].”

¹⁸tn Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”

¹⁹tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).

²⁰tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”

²¹tn Heb “inside and out.”

²²tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word twjpf is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.

²³tn Heb “stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits” (it is unclear exactly what dimension is being measured).

²⁴tn Heb “on top,” or “above.”

²⁵tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).

²⁶tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”

²⁷tn Or “the porch of the temple.”

²⁸tn Heb “King Solomon sent and took Hiram from Tyre.” In 2 Chr 2:13 (Heb. v. 12) and 4:11, 16 his name is spelled “Huram.”

²⁹tn 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”

³⁰tn Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding and knowledge.”

³¹tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

³²tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

³³tn Heb “two capitals he made to place on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze; five cubits was the height of the first capital, and five cubits was the height of the second capital.”

³⁴tn Heb “there were seven for the first capital, and seven for the second capital.”

³⁵tn Heb “he made the pillars, and two rows surrounding one latticework to cover the capitals which were on top of the pomegranates, and so he did for the second latticework.” The translation supplies “pomegranates” after “two rows,” and understands “pillars,” rather than “pomegranates,” to be the correct reading after “on top of.” The latter change finds support from many Hebrew mss and the ancient Greek version.

³⁶tn Heb “the capitals which were on the top of the pillars were the work of lilies, in the porch, four cubits.” It is unclear exactly what dimension is being measured.

³⁷tn Heb “and the capitals on the two pillars, also above, close beside the bulge which was beside the latticework, two hundred pomegranates in rows around, on the second capital.” The precise meaning of the word translated “bulge” is uncertain.

³⁸tn Or “south.”

³⁹sn The name Jakin appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”

⁴⁰tn Or “north.”

⁴¹sn The meaning of the name Boaz is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27. One attractive option is to revocalize the name as zu)B= (“in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”

⁴²tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

sn This large basin that was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves [2 Chr 4:6; cf. Exod 30:17-21].

⁴³tn Heb “ten cubits.”

⁴⁴tn Heb “five cubits.”

⁴⁵tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

⁴⁶tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴⁷tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”

⁴⁸tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

⁴⁹tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”

⁵⁰tn Heb “all their hindquarters were toward the inside.”

⁵¹tn Heb “two thousand baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

⁵²tn Heb “four cubits.”

⁵³tn Heb “four cubits.”

⁵⁴tn Heb “three cubits.”

⁵⁵tn The precise meaning of these final words is uncertain. A possible literal translation would be, “wreaths, the work of descent.”

⁵⁶tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

⁵⁷tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

⁵⁸tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”

⁵⁹tn Heb “a cubit-and-a-half” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

⁶⁰tn Heb “four shoulders to the four sides of each stand, from the stand its shoulders.” The precise meaning of the description is uncertain.

⁶¹tn Heb “and on top of the stand, a half cubit [in] height, round all around” (the meaning of this description is uncertain).

⁶²tn Heb “according to the space of each.”

⁶³tn The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.

⁶⁴tn Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).

⁶⁵tn Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.

⁶⁶tn Heb “Hiram.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁶⁷tn Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the Lord.”

⁶⁸tn The words “he made” are added for stylistic reasons.

⁶⁹tn Heb “underneath ‘The Sea.’”

⁷⁰tn Heb “which Hiram made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord.”

⁷¹tn Or perhaps, “molds.”

⁷²tn Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”

⁷³tn Heb “the bread of the face [or, presence].” Many recent translations employ “bread of the Presence,” but this does not convey much to the modern reader.

sn The bread offered to God. This bread was viewed as a perpetual offering to God. See Lev 24:5-9.

⁷⁴tn Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.