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1 Kings 6:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Kings 6:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 And the [a]porch before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long according to the breadth of the house, and ten cubits broad before the house.
4 And in the house he made windows, [b]broad without, and narrow within.
5 And by the wall of the house he made [c]galleries round about, even by the walls of the house round about the Temple and [d]the oracle, and made chambers round about.
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- 1 Kings 6:3 Or the court where the people prayed, which was before the place where the altar of burnt offerings stood.
- 1 Kings 6:4 Or, to open and to shut.
- 1 Kings 6:5 Or, lofts.
- 1 Kings 6:5 Whence God spake between the Cherubims, called also the most holy place.
1 Kings 6:3-5
New King James Version
1 Kings 6:3-5
New King James Version
3 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. 4 And he made for the house (A)windows with beveled frames.
5 Against the wall of the [e]temple he built (B)chambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary (C)and the [f]inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it.
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- 1 Kings 6:3 Heb. heykal; here the main room of the temple; elsewhere called the holy place, Ex. 26:33; Ezek. 41:1
- 1 Kings 6:3 About 30 feet
- 1 Kings 6:3 Lit. it
- 1 Kings 6:3 About 15 feet
- 1 Kings 6:5 Lit. house
- 1 Kings 6:5 Heb. debir; here the inner room of the temple; elsewhere called the Most Holy Place, v. 16
1 Kings 6:3-5
New International Version
1 Kings 6:3-5
New International Version
3 The portico(A) at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits,[a] and projected ten cubits[b] from the front of the temple. 4 He made narrow windows(B) high up in the temple walls. 5 Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.(C)
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 6:3 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 16 and 20
- 1 Kings 6:3 That is, about 15 feet or about 4.5 meters; also in verses 23-26
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