2 Chronicles 3:2-4
King James Version
2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 3:2-4
New King James Version
2 And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3 This is the foundation (A)which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits. 4 And the (B)vestibule that was in front of [a]the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was [b]one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 The holy place, the main room of the temple, 1 Kin. 6:3
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; Arab., some LXX mss., Syr. twenty
2 Chronicles 3:2-4
New International Version - UK
2 He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide[a] (using the cubit of the old standard). 4 The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[b] long across the width of the building and twenty[c] cubits high.
He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 That is, about 27 metres long and 9 metres wide
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 That is, about 9 metres; also in verses 8, 11 and 13
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 Some Septuagint and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew and a hundred and twenty
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