Discovery Box1 Kings 6:8 
Context6:8 The entrance to the bottom 1 level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up 2 to the middle floor and then on up to the third 3 floor.
1 Kings 7:49
Context7:49 the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary (five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,
1 Kings 19:13
Context19:13 When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden 4 a voice asked him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”
1 Kings 22:10
Context22:10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, 5 dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. 6 All the prophets were prophesying before them.
1 tc The Hebrew text has “middle,” but the remainder of the verse suggests this is an error.
2 tn Heb “by stairs they went up.” The word translated “stairs” occurs only here. Other options are “trapdoors” or “ladders.”
3 tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew
4 tn Heb “look.”
5 tn Heb “were sitting, a man on his throne.”
6 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
