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.

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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

Now (A)the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits. The vestibule in front of the [a]sanctuary of the house was [b]twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of [c]the vestibule extended [d]ten cubits from the front of the house. And he made for the house (B)windows with beveled frames.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:3 Heb. heykal; here the main room of the temple; elsewhere called the holy place, Ex. 26:33; Ezek. 41:1
  2. 1 Kings 6:3 About 30 feet
  3. 1 Kings 6:3 Lit. it
  4. 1 Kings 6:3 About 15 feet