*1 Kgs 7:2 Hebrew 100 cubits [46 meters] long, 50 cubits [23 meters] wide, and 30 cubits [13.8 meters] high.

*1 Kgs 7:3 Or 45 rafters, or 45 beams, or 45 pillars. The architectural details in 7:2-6 can be interpreted in many different ways.

*1 Kgs 7:5 Greek version reads windows.

*1 Kgs 7:6 Hebrew 50 cubits [23 meters] long and 30 cubits [13.8 meters] wide.

*1 Kgs 7:7 As in Syriac version and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads from floor to floor.

*1 Kgs 7:10 Hebrew 10 cubits [4.6 meters] . . . 8 cubits [3.7 meters].

*1 Kgs 7:13 Hebrew Hiram (also in 7:40, 45); compare 2 Chr 2:13. This is not the same person mentioned in 5:1.

*1 Kgs 7:15 Hebrew 18 cubits [8.3 meters] tall and 12 cubits [5.5 meters] in circumference.

*1 Kgs 7:16 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.3 meters].

*1 Kgs 7:19 Hebrew 4 cubits [1.8 meters]; also in 7:38.

*1 Kgs 7:21 Jakin probably means “he establishes”; Boaz probably means “in him is strength.”

*1 Kgs 7:23 Hebrew 10 cubits [4.6 meters] across. . . . 5 cubits [2.3 meters] deep and 30 cubits [13.8 meters] in circumference.

*1 Kgs 7:24 Or 20 gourds per meter; Hebrew reads 10 per cubit.

*1 Kgs 7:25 Hebrew 12 oxen; compare 2 Kgs 16:17, which specifies bronze oxen.

*1 Kgs 7:26 Hebrew a handbreadth [8 centimeters].

*1 Kgs 7:26 Hebrew 2,000 baths [42 kiloliters].

*1 Kgs 7:27 Hebrew 4 cubits [1.8 meters] long, 4 cubits wide, and 3 cubits [1.4 meters] high.

*1 Kgs 7:31 Hebrew a cubit [46 centimeters].

*1 Kgs 7:31 Hebrew 11/2 cubits [69 centimeters]; also in 7:32.

*1 Kgs 7:35 Hebrew half a cubit wide [23 centimeters].

*1 Kgs 7:38 Hebrew 40 baths [840 liters].