1 Kings 3:2-3
3:2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, 1 because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord. 2
3:3 Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following 3 the practices 4 of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
1 Kings 6:10
6:10 He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high 5 and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.
1 Kings 6:20
6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet 6 long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, 7 as well as the cedar altar. 8
1 Kings 7:27
7:27 He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet 9 long, six feet 10 wide, and four-and-a-half feet 11 high.
1 Kings 7:32
7:32 The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet 12 high.
1 Kings 11:7
11:7 Furthermore, 13 on the hill east of Jerusalem 14 Solomon built a high place 15 for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh 16 and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. 17
1 sn Offering sacrifices at the high places. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated.
2 tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “to honor the Lord”). The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.
3 tn Heb “Solomon loved the Lord by walking in.”
4 tn Or “policies, rules.”
5 tn Heb “five cubits.” This must refer to the height of each floor or room.
6 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).
7 tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).
8 tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”
9 tn Heb “four cubits.”
10 tn Heb “four cubits.”
11 tn Heb “three cubits.”
12 tn Heb “a cubit-and-a-half” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).
13 tn Heb “then.”
14 sn The hill east of Jerusalem refers to the Mount of Olives.
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15 sn A high place. The “high places” were places of worship that were naturally or artificially elevated (see 1 Kgs 3:2).
16 tn Heb “Chemosh, the detestable thing of Moab.”
17 tc The MT reads “Molech,” but Milcom must be intended (see vv. 5, 33).