1 Raja-raja 6:9

6:9 He finished building the temple ¹  and covered it ²  with rafters ³  and boards made of cedar. ⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 7:6

7:6 He made a colonnade ⁵  75 feet ⁶  long and 45 feet ⁷  wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch. ⁸ 

1 Raja-raja 7:3

7:3 The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

1 Raja-raja 6:15

6:15 He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters ⁹  of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.

1 Raja-raja 7:9

7:9 All of these were built with the best ¹⁰  stones, chiseled to the right size ¹¹  and cut with a saw on all sides, ¹²  from the foundation to the edge of the roof ¹³  and from the outside to the great courtyard.

[6:9]  ¹ tn Heb “ built the house and completed it.”

[6:9]  ² tn Heb “the house.”

[6:9]  ³ tn The word occurs only here; the precise meaning is uncertain.

[6:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and rows with cedar wood.”

[7:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “a porch of pillars.”

[7:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

[7:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[7:6]  ⁸ 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.

[6:15]  ⁹ tc The MT reads קִירוֹת (qirot, “walls”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.

[7:9]  ¹⁰ tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).

[7:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”

[7:9]  ¹² tn Heb “inside and out.”

[7:9]  ¹³ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת (tÿfakhot) is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.