Discovery Box1 Kings 7:9 
Context7:9 All of these were built with the best 1 stones, chiseled to the right size 2 and cut with a saw on all sides, 3 from the foundation to the edge of the roof 4 and from the outside to the great courtyard.
1 Kings 18:44
Context18:44 The seventh time the servant 5 said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah 6 then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” 7
1 tn Or “valuable” (see 5:17).
2 tn Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”
3 tn Heb “inside and out.”
4 tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת (tÿfakhot) is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”
