And the [a]porch before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long according to the breadth of the house, and ten cubits broad before the house.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:3 Or the court where the people prayed, which was before the place where the altar of burnt offerings stood.

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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Footnotes

  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