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Now these are the [a]foundations which (A)Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard was [b]sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits. And the porch which was in front of the house (B)was as long as the width of the house, [c]20 cubits, and the height 120; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold. Now he overlaid (C)the [d]main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and [e]ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:3 Lit founding of Solomon to build
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:3 Approx. 90 ft. long and 30 ft. wide or 27 m and 9 m, a cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:4 Approx. 30 ft. long, 30 ft. wide, and 180 ft. tall or 9 m, 9 m, and 54 m
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:5 Lit great house
  5. 2 Chronicles 3:5 Lit put on it palm trees

The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide[a](A) (using the cubit of the old standard). 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. He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree(B) and chain designs.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:3 That is, about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide or about 27 meters long and 9 meters wide
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:4 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 8, 11 and 13
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:4 Some Septuagint and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew and a hundred and twenty