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1 Kings 6:3

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The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house.

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1 Kings 6:3 in other translations

And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

1 Kings 6:3 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 6:3 in context

  1. 1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build Yahweh’s house.
  2. 2The house which king Solomon built for Yahweh had a length of sixty cubits, and its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.
  3. 3The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house.
  4. 4He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.
  5. 5Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.