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The house which King Solomon built for the Lord had a length of sixty cubits, a width of twenty cubits, and a height of thirty cubits.[a] The porch in front of the temple was twenty cubits[b] in length, the same as the width of the house, and ten cubits[c] deep in front of the house. He made beveled windows for the house.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:2 About 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high, or 27 meters long, 9 meters wide, and 14 meters high.
  2. 1 Kings 6:3 About 30 feet, or 9 meters; and in vv. 16 and 20.
  3. 1 Kings 6:3 About 15 feet, or 4.5 meters; and in vv. 23–26.