1 Kings 6:23

6:23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.

1 Kings 7:15

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

1 Kings 12:31

12:31 He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.


tn Heb “ten cubits” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).

tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

tn Heb “twelve cubits.”

tn The Hebrew text has the singular, but the plural is preferable here (see 1 Kgs 13:32). The Old Greek translation and the Vulgate have the plural.