1 Kings 7:21-23

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 1 Kings 7:21 tn Or “south.”
2. 1 Kings 7:21 tn The name “Yakin” appears to be a verbal form and probably means, “he establishes.”
3. 1 Kings 7:21 tn Or “north.”
4. 1 Kings 7:21 sn The meaning of the name Boaz is uncertain. For various proposals, see BDB 126-27 s.v. בעז. One attractive option is to revocalize the name as בְּעֹז (b^eʿoz, “in strength”) and to understand it as completing the verbal form on the first pillar. Taking the words together and reading from right to left, one can translate the sentence, “he establishes [it] in strength.”
5. 1 Kings 7:23 tn Heb “He made the sea, cast.”sn This large basin was mounted on twelve bronze bulls and contained water for the priests to bathe themselves (2 Chr 4:6; cf. Exod 30:17-21).
6. 1 Kings 7:23 tn Heb “10 cubits.”
7. 1 Kings 7:23 tn Heb “5 cubits.”
8. 1 Kings 7:23 tn Heb “and a measuring line went around it 30 cubits all around.” The measurements are an approximation. The LXX has the number 33. Neither fit a strict calculation of the diameter time pi, but the precise details of measuring (e.g. the width of the lip or other factors) are not known and numbers may be rounded.