1 Raja-raja 6:7

6:7 As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry ¹  were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.

1 Raja-raja 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet ²  long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, ³  as well as the cedar altar. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 8:37

8:37 “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust ⁵  invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, ⁶  or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.

[6:7]  ¹ tn Heb “finished stone of the quarry,” i.e., stones chiseled and shaped at the time they were taken out of the quarry.

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

[6:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

[8:37]  ⁵ tn Actually two Hebrew terms appear here, both of which are usually taken as referring to locusts. Perhaps different stages of growth or different varieties are in view.

[8:37]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the land, his gates.”