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2 Chronicles 3:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Chronicles 3:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 And he began to build in the second month and the second day, in the fourth year of his reign.
3 And these are the measures whereon Solomon grounded to build the house of God: the length of cubits after the first [a]measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits:
4 And the porch that was before the length in the front [b]of the breadth was twenty cubits, and the height was an [c]hundred and twenty, and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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- 2 Chronicles 3:3 According to the whole length of the Temple, comprehending the most holy place with the rest.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 It contained as much as did the breadth of the Temple, 1 Kings 6:3.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 From the foundation to the top: for in the book of the kings mention is made from the foundation to the first stage.
2 Chronicles 3:2-4
New International Version
2 Chronicles 3:2-4
New International Version
2 He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.(A)
3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide[a](B) (using the cubit of the old standard). 4 The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[b] long across the width of the building and twenty[c] cubits high.
He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 That is, about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide or about 27 meters long and 9 meters wide
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 8, 11 and 13
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 Some Septuagint and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew and a hundred and twenty
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