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 7:31
Context7:31 Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. 5 On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames. 6
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 “And its opening from the inside to the top and upwards [was] a cubit, and its opening was round, the work of a stand, a cubit-and-a-half.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.
6 tn Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”
