² tn Heb “all gold utensils.”

² tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

¹ tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

¹ tn Possibly meaning “pure gold lampstand.”

¹ tn Heb “and their hooks gold.”

¹ tn The two synonyms, “than gold, than fine gold” probably form a hendiadys here to express “the very finest gold.”

² tn Heb “the covering of your gold image.”

² tn Heb “who brought gold from Ophir, brought.”

¹ tn Here “the gold” has been supplied.

¹ tn “Gold” is an adverbial accusative of material.

³ tn Heb “and her pinions with the yellow of gold.”

³ tn Heb “and he made for it border gold around.”

² tn Heb “neither will you make for you gods of gold.”

² tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.”

¹ tn Heb “and he plated the house [with] precious stone for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.”

² tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.”

¹ sn 1,700 gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.

¹ tn Heb “his head is gold of pure gold.” In the genitive construct phrase כֶּתֶם פָּז (ketem paz, literally, “gold of pure gold”) the genitive noun פָּז (paz, “pure gold”) functions as an adjectival genitive modifying כֶּתֶם (“gold”), that is, “pure gold.” The repetition of two different words for “gold” suggests that the phrase should be nuanced “the purest gold.” This phrase is a predicate nominate in a metaphorical statement: “his head is (like) the purest gold.” In the OT gold is frequently used in comparisons to emphasize the idea of beauty, value, or rarity (Job 28:12-19; Pss 19:11; 119:127; Prov 8:19; Isa 13:12; Lam 4:2). Palestine had no known sources of gold, but had to import it, making it a rare and precious commodity (Ruth V. Wright and R. L. Chadbourne, The Gems and Minerals of the Bible, 65).

¹ tn Heb “six hundred shekels of gold.” This would have been about 15 lbs. (6.8 kg) of gold by weight.

¹ tn Heb “all the temple he plated with gold until all the temple was finished; and the whole altar which was in the inner sanctuary he plated with gold.”