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1 Kings 6:2-3
English Standard Version
1 Kings 6:2-3
English Standard Version
2 (A)The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits[a] long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. 3 The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.
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- 1 Kings 6:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
1 Kings 6:2-3
New International Version
1 Kings 6:2-3
New International Version
2 The temple(A) that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.[a] 3 The portico(B) at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits,[b] and projected ten cubits[c] from the front of the temple.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 6:2 That is, about 90 feet long, 30 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 27 meters long, 9 meters wide and 14 meters high
- 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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