The porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits [a]in length, [b]corresponding to the width of the house, and its [c]depth along the front of the house was ten cubits.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:3 Lit in its length
  2. 1 Kings 6:3 Lit on the face of
  3. 1 Kings 6:3 Lit width

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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  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