In the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord.
1 Kings 6:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The length of the house Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits, its breadth twenty, and its height thirty cubits. American Standard Version (1901) And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. Common English Bible The temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the house, which king Solomon was building to the Lord, was sixty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and thirty cubits in height. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the house, which king Solomon built to the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height. |
In the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord.
The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits wide, across the width of the house. Its depth was ten cubits in front of the house.
These are Solomon’s measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits and the width twenty cubits.