2 Chronicles 3:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now these are the measurements for the foundations which Solomon laid for the house of God. The length in cubits by the former measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

American Standard Version (1901)

Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Common English Bible

Solomon laid the foundations for these structures in order to build the temple of God. The length according to the old standard of measurement was ninety feet and the width thirty feet.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And these are the foundations, which Solomon set forth so that he might build the house of God: the length in cubits by the first measure sixty, the width in cubits twenty.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now these are the foundations, which Solomon laid, to build the house of God. The length by the first measure sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits.

2 Chronicles 3:3 Cross References

1 Kings 6:1

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.

2 Chronicles 3:2

He began to build on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

Ezekiel 41:2

The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. He measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.