1 Kings 7:6

7:6 He made a colonnade ¹  75 feet ²  long and 45 feet ³  wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch. ⁴ 

1 Kings 7:9

7:9 All of these were built with the best ⁵  stones, chiseled to the right size ⁶  and cut with a saw on all sides, ⁷  from the foundation to the edge of the roof ⁸  and from the outside to the great courtyard.

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¹ tn Heb “a porch of pillars.”

² tn Heb “fifty cubits.”

³ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

⁴ 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.

⁵ tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).

⁶ tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”

⁷ tn Heb “inside and out.”

⁸ 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.