The portico 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. He made narrow windows high up in the temple walls. Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:3 That is, about 9 metres; also in verses 16 and 20
  2. 1 Kings 6:3 That is, about 4.5 metres; also in verses 23-26