Discovery Box1 Kings 6:6 
Context6:6 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 Kings 6:27
Context6:27 He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. 6 Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub’s wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub’s wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub’s other wing touched the second cherub’s other wing in the middle of the room. 7
1 Kings 8:64
Context8:64 That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings. 8
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.”
6 tn Heb “in the midst of the inner house,” i.e., in the inner sanctuary.
7 tn Heb “and their wings were in the middle of the room, touching wing to wing.”
8 tn Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.”
