Discovery Box1 Kings 7:24 
Context7:24 Under the rim all the way around it 1 were round ornaments 2 arranged in settings 15 feet long. 3 The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.” 4
1 Kings 8:6
Context8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned 5 place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.
1 tn Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”
3 tn Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.
4 tn Heb “the gourd-shaped ornaments were in two rows, cast in its casting.”
5 tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
