2 Chronicles 3:2-4
New American Standard Bible
2 He began to build on the second day in the second month [a]of the fourth year of his reign.
Dimensions and Materials of the Temple
3 Now these are the [b]foundations which (A)Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard, was [c]sixty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits. 4 The porch which was in front of the house (B)was as long as the width of the house, [d]twenty cubits, and the height [e]twenty; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.
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- 2 Chronicles 3:2 Lit in
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 Lit founding of Solomon to build
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 About 90 ft. long and 30 ft. wide or 27 m long and 9 m wide
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 About 30 ft. or 9 m
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 As in ancient versions; MT 120 cubits or about 180 ft. or 55 m
2 Chronicles 3:2-4
New International Version
2 He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.(A)
3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide[a](B) (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 90 feet long and 30 feet wide or about 27 meters long and 9 meters wide
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; 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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