Discovery Box1 Kings 6:2 
Context6:2 The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet 1 long, 30 feet 2 wide, and 45 feet 3 high.
1 Kings 6:26
Context6:26 Each cherub stood 15 feet high. 4
1 Kings 7:10
Context7:10 The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet. 5
1 Kings 7:15
Context7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet 6 high and 18 feet 7 in circumference.
1 tn Heb “sixty cubits.” A cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm. Measurements in vv. 2-10 have been converted to feet in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “twenty cubits.”
3 tn Heb “thirty cubits.”
4 tn Heb “the height of the first cherub was ten cubits; and so was the second cherub.”
5 tn Heb “stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits” (it is unclear exactly what dimension is being measured). If both numbers refer to the length of the stones (cf. NCV, CEV, NLT), then perhaps stones of two different sizes were used in some alternating pattern.
6 tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”
7 tn Heb “twelve cubits.”
