And the house which King Solomon built for the Lord was [a]sixty cubits in its length, and twenty cubits in its width, and its height was thirty cubits.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:2 About 90 ft. long, 30 ft. wide, and 45 ft. high or 27 m, 9 m, and 14 m

The temple(A) that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.[a]

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  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

17 The house, that is, the main room in front of the inner sanctuary, was [a]forty cubits long.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:17 About 60 ft. or 18 m

17 The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits[a] long.

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  1. 1 Kings 6:17 That is, about 60 feet or about 18 meters

Dimensions and Materials of the Temple

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.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 3:3 Lit founding of Solomon to build
  2. 2 Chronicles 3:3 About 90 ft. long and 30 ft. wide or 27 m long and 9 m wide

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).

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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