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The house which King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide, and thirty high. The porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits from side to side along the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.

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The temple(A) that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.[a] The portico(B) at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits,[b] and projected ten cubits[c] from the front of the temple.

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Footnotes

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