1 Raja-raja 6:20

6:20 The inner sanctuary was 30 feet ¹  long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, ²  as well as the cedar altar. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 9:14

9:14 Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents ⁴  of gold.

[6:20]  ¹ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (this measurement occurs three times in this verse).

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “with plated gold” (or perhaps, “with pure gold”).

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “he plated [the] altar of cedar.”

[9:14]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 9,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “five tons”; TEV “4,000 kilogrammes.”