Add parallel Print Page Options

The temple that King Solomon built for Yahweh was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. The entrance hall in front of the main room of the temple was the same length as the shorter side of the temple. It extended 15 feet in front of the temple. He also made latticed windows for the temple.

Read full chapter

The temple(A) that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.[a] The portico(B) at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits,[b] and projected ten cubits[c] from the front of the temple. He made narrow windows(C) high up in the temple walls.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:2 That is, about 90 feet long, 30 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 27 meters long, 9 meters wide and 14 meters high
  2. 1 Kings 6:3 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 16 and 20
  3. 1 Kings 6:3 That is, about 15 feet or about 4.5 meters; also in verses 23-26