1 Kings 6:23
Context6:23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet 1 high.
1 Kings 6:31-33
Context6:31 He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. 2 6:32 On the two doors made of olive wood he carved 3 cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. 4 He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. 5 6:33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. 6
1 tn Heb “ten cubits” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).
2 tn Heb “the pillar, doorposts, a fifth part” (the precise meaning of this description is uncertain).
3 tn Heb “carved carvings of.”
4 tn Heb “he plated [with] gold” (the precise object is not stated).
5 tn Heb “and he hammered out the gold on the cherubs and the palm trees.”
6 tn Heb “and so he did at the entrance of the main hall, doorposts of olive wood, from a fourth.”