1 Kings 6:25

6:25 The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape.¹

1 Kings 6:24

6:24 Each of the first cherub’s wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.²

1 Kings 6:3

6:3 The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet³ long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet⁴ wide, extending out from the front of the temple.

1 Kings 7:23-24

7:23 He also made the large bronze basin called “The Sea.”⁵ It measured 15 feet⁶ from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet⁷ high. Its circumference was 45 feet.⁸ 7:24 Under the rim all the way around it⁹ were round ornaments¹⁰ arranged in settings 15 feet long.¹¹ The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”¹²

¹tn Heb “and the second cherub was ten cubits, the two cherubs had one measurement and one shape.”

²tn Heb “The first wing of the [one] cherub was five cubits, and the second wing of the cherub was five cubits, ten cubits from the tips of his wings to the tips of his wings.”

³tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

⁴tn Heb “ten cubits.”

⁵tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”

sn This large basin that was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves (2 Chr 4:6; cf. Exod 30:17-21).

⁶tn Heb “ten cubits.”

⁷tn Heb “five cubits.”

⁸tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”

⁹tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”

¹¹tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.

¹²tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”