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The Temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.[a] The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet[b] wide, running across the entire width of the Temple. It projected outward 15 feet[c] from the front of the Temple. Solomon also made narrow recessed windows throughout the Temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:2 Hebrew 60 cubits [27.6 meters] long, 20 cubits [9.2 meters] wide, and 30 cubits [13.8 meters] high.
  2. 6:3a Hebrew 20 cubits [9.2 meters]; also in 6:16, 20.
  3. 6:3b Hebrew 10 cubits [4.6 meters].

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