So Solomon began to build the temple. This was 480 years [30] after the people of Israel left Egypt. This was during Solomon’s fourth year as king of Israel. It was in the month of Ziv, the second month of the year.
1 Kings 6:2 - Easy To Read Version The temple was 60 cubits [31] long, 20 cubits [32] wide, and 30 cubits [33] high. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
So Solomon began to build the temple. This was 480 years [30] after the people of Israel left Egypt. This was during Solomon’s fourth year as king of Israel. It was in the month of Ziv, the second month of the year.
The porch of the temple was 20 cubits long and 10 cubits [34] wide. The porch ran along the front of the main part of the temple itself. Its length was equal to the width of the temple.
These are the measurements Solomon used for building the foundation of God’s temple. {\cf2\super [25]} The foundation was 60 cubits {\cf2\super [26]} long and 20 cubits {\cf2\super [27]} wide. Solomon used the old cubit measure when he measured the temple.