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Now the house that King Solomon built for Yahweh was sixty cubits in its length and twenty cubits in its width and thirty cubits in its height. The vestibule on the face of the main hall of the temple[a] was twenty cubits in its length, and the width of the temple[b] was ten cubits wide on the face of the temple.[c] And he made for the temple[d] specially designed framed windows,

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  1. 1 Kings 6:3 Or “house”
  2. 1 Kings 6:3 Or “house”
  3. 1 Kings 6:3 Or “house”
  4. 1 Kings 6:4 Or “house”

The temple(A) that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.[a] 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. He made narrow windows(C) high up in the temple walls.

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Footnotes

  1. 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
  2. 1 Kings 6:3 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 16 and 20
  3. 1 Kings 6:3 That is, about 15 feet or about 4.5 meters; also in verses 23-26