1 Kings 6:6
6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet 1 wide, the middle floor nine feet 2 wide, and the third floor ten and a half 3 feet wide. He made ledges 4 on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. 5
1 tn Heb “five cubits.”
2 tn Heb “six cubits.”
3 tn Heb “seven cubits.”
4 tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”
5 tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”