1 Kings 6:17

New American Bible - revised edition

The house was forty cubits long, that is, the nave, the part in front.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:16

At the rear of the house a space of twenty cubits was set off by cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling, enclosing the inner sanctuary, the holy of holies.

1 Kings 6:18

The cedar in the interior of the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was of cedar, and no stone was to be seen.

2 Chronicles 3:5

The nave he overlaid with cypress wood and overlaid that with fine gold, embossing on it palms and chains.

Ezekiel 41:2

The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the walls on either side measured five cubits. He measured the nave, forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.