1 Raja-raja 6:16

6:16 He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. ¹  He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. ² 

1 Raja-raja 6:29

6:29 On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, ³  he carved ⁴  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

1 Raja-raja 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet ⁵  long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, ⁶  as well as the cedar altar. ⁷ 

1 Raja-raja 6:33

6:33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. ⁸ 

[6:16]  ¹ tn Heb “He built twenty cubits from the rear areas of the temple with cedar planks from the floor to the walls, and he built it on the inside for an inner sanctuary, for a holy place of holy places.”

[6:16]  ² tc The MT has קְלָעִים (qÿla’im, “curtains”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.

[6:29]  ³ sn Inside and out probably refers to the inner and outer rooms within the building.

[6:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “carved engravings of carvings.”

[6:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

[6:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

[6:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

[6:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “and so he did at the entrance of the main hall, doorposts of olive wood, from a fourth.”