The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was thirty feet wide; its height was thirty feet;[a] he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold. The larger room[b] he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains. He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads 120 cubits
  2. 3:5 Lit The house

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