The vestibule in front of the [a]sanctuary of the house was [b]twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of [c]the vestibule extended [d]ten cubits from the front of the house.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:3 Heb. heykal; here the main room of the temple; elsewhere called the holy place, Ex. 26:33; Ezek. 41:1
  2. 1 Kings 6:3 About 30 feet
  3. 1 Kings 6:3 Lit. it
  4. 1 Kings 6:3 About 15 feet

The portico(A) 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.

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Footnotes

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

And the (A)vestibule that was in front of [a]the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was [b]one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:4 The holy place, the main room of the temple, 1 Kin. 6:3
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:4 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; Arab., some LXX mss., Syr. twenty

The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[a] long across the width of the building and twenty[b] cubits high.

He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:4 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 8, 11 and 13
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:4 Some Septuagint and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew and a hundred and twenty