And the porch that was before the length in the front [a]of the breadth was twenty cubits, and the height was an [b]hundred and twenty, and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:4 It contained as much as did the breadth of the Temple, 1 Kings 6:3.
  2. 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.

The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits[a] long across the width of the building and twenty[b] cubits high.

He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

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Footnotes

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