translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “His house Solomon built in thirteen years and he completed all his house.”


text: Heb “he built.”


text: Heb “one hundred cubits.”


text: Heb “fifty cubits.”


text: Heb “thirty cubits.”


text: Heb “and framed [windows in] three rows, and opening to opening three times.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain. Another option might be, “overhung [in] three rows.” This might mean they were positioned high on the walls.


text: Heb “all of the doors and doorposts.”


text: Heb “and all the entrances and the doorposts [had] four frames, and in front of opening to opening three times” (the precise meaning of the description is uncertain).


text: Heb “a porch of pillars.”


text: Heb “and a porch was in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars) and pillars and a roof in front of them (i.e., the aforementioned pillars and porch).” The precise meaning of the term translated “roof” is uncertain; it occurs only here and in Ezek 41:25-26 .


text: Heb “and a porch for the throne, where he was making judicial decisions, the Porch of Judgment, he made.”


label: NET textual note

text: The Hebrew text reads, “from the floor to the floor.” The second occurrence of the term הַקַּרְקָע ( haqqarqa ’, “the floor”) is probably an error; one should emend to הַקּוֹרוֹת ( haqqorot , “the rafters”). See 6:16 .


text: Heb “and his house where he lived, the other court [i.e., as opposed to the great court], separated from the house belonging to the hall, was like this work [i.e., this style of architecture].”


text: Heb “and a house he was making for the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Solomon had taken, like this porch.”


text: Or “valuable” (see 5:17 ).


text: Heb “according to the measurement of chiseled [stone].”


text: Heb “inside and out.”


text: The precise meaning of the Hebrew word טְפָחוֹת ( tÿfakhot ) is uncertain, but it is clear that the referent stands in opposition to the foundation.


text: Heb “stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits” (it is unclear exactly what dimension is being measured). If both numbers refer to the length of the stones (cf. NCV, CEV, NLT), then perhaps stones of two different sizes were used in some alternating pattern.


text: Heb “on top,” or “above.”


text: Or “the porch of the temple.”


text: Heb “King Solomon sent and took Hiram from Tyre.” In 2 Chr 2:13 (MT v. 12 ) and 4:11, 16 his name is spelled “Huram.”


text: For location see Map1-A2 ; Map2-G2 ; Map4-A1 ; JP3-F3 ; JP4-F3 .


text: 2 Chr 2:14 (13 HT) says “from the daughters of Dan.”


text: Heb “he was filled with the skill, understanding, and knowledge.”


text: Heb “eighteen cubits.”


text: Heb “twelve cubits.”


text: Heb “two capitals he made to place on the tops of the pillars, cast in bronze; five cubits was the height of the first capital, and five cubits was the height of the second capital.”


text: Heb “there were seven for the first capital, and seven for the second capital.”


text: Heb “he made the pillars, and two rows surrounding one latticework to cover the capitals which were on top of the pomegranates, and so he did for the second latticework.” The translation supplies “pomegranates” after “two rows,” and understands “pillars,” rather than “pomegranates,” to be the correct reading after “on top of.” The latter change finds support from many Hebrew mss and the ancient Greek version.


text: Heb “the capitals which were on the top of the pillars were the work of lilies, in the porch, four cubits.” It is unclear exactly what dimension is being measured.


text: Heb “and the capitals on the two pillars, also above, close beside the bulge which was beside the latticework, two hundred pomegranates in rows around, on the second capital.” The precise meaning of the word translated “bulge” is uncertain.


text: Or “south.”


text: Or “north.”


text: Heb “He made the sea, cast.” sn This large basin that was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves ( 2 Chr 4:6 ; cf. Exod 30:17-21 ).


text: Heb “ten cubits.”


text: Heb “five cubits.”


text: Heb “and a measuring line went around it thirty cubits all around.”


text: Heb “The Sea.” The proper noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: Or “gourd-shaped ornaments.”


text: Heb “ten cubits surrounding the sea all around.” The precise meaning of this description is uncertain.


text: Heb “all their hindquarters were toward the inside.”


text: Heb “two thousand baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).


text: Heb “four cubits.”


text: Heb “three cubits.”


text: The precise meaning of these final words is uncertain. A possible literal translation would be, “wreaths, the work of descent.”


text: The precise meaning of this last word, translated “wreaths,” is uncertain.


text: 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.


text: Heb “also over its opening were carvings and their frames [were] squared, not round.”


text: Heb “a cubit-and-a-half” (a cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm).


text: Heb “four shoulders to the four sides of each stand, from the stand its shoulders.” The precise meaning of the description is uncertain.


text: Heb “and on top of the stand, a half cubit [in] height, round all around” (the meaning of this description is uncertain).


text: Heb “according to the space of each.”


text: Heb “forty baths” (a bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons).


text: Heb “four cubits, each basin.” It is unclear which dimension is being measured.


text: Heb “Hiram.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “Hiram finished doing all the work which he did for King Solomon [on] the house of the Lord. ”


text: The words “he made” are added for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “underneath ‘The Sea.’”


text: Heb “which Hiram made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord. ”


text: Or perhaps, “molds.”


text: Heb “Solomon left all the items, due to their very great abundance; the weight of the bronze was not sought.”


text: Heb “the bread of the face [or presence].” Many recent English versions employ “the bread of the Presence,” although this does not convey much to the modern reader. sn This bread was viewed as a perpetual offering to God and was regarded as holy. See Lev 24:5-9 .


text: Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.