Discovery Box1 Kings 6:16 
Context6:16 He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. 1 He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. 2
1 Kings 7:24
Context7:24 Under the rim all the way around it 3 were round ornaments 4 arranged in settings 15 feet long. 5 The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.” 6
1 Kings 7:31
Context7:31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. 7 On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames. 8
1 tn Heb “He built twenty cubits from the rear areas of the temple with cedar planks from the floor to the walls, and he built it on the inside for an inner sanctuary, for a holy place of holy places.”
2 tc The MT has קְלָעִים (qÿla’im, “curtains”), but this should be emended to קוֹרוֹת (qorot, “rafters”). See BDB 900 s.v. קוֹרָה.
3 tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”
5 tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.
6 tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”
7 tn Heb “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.
8 tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”
