1 Kings 6:3 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 6:3

Solomon Builds the Temple

1 And ^ait came to pass in the four hundred and¹ eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of² Ziv, which is the second month, ^bthat he began to build the house of the Lord.

2 Now ^athe house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.

3 The vestibule in front of the¹ sanctuary of the house was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of³ the vestibule extended ten cubits from the front of the house.

4 And he made for the house ^awindows with beveled frames.

5 Against the wall of the¹ temple he built ^achambers all around, against the walls of the temple, all around the sanctuary ^band the inner sanctuary. Thus he made side chambers all around it.

6 The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the temple, so that the support beams would not be fastened into the walls of the¹ temple.

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American Standard Version
And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; `and' ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

Amplified® Bible
The length of the vestibule in front of the temple was twenty cubits, equal to the width of the house, and its depth in front of the house was ten cubits.

Contemporary English Version
A fifteen-foot porch went all the way across the front of the temple.

Darby English Version
And the porch, in front of the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, [and] ten cubits was its breadth, in front of the house.

Good News Bible
The entrance room was 15 feet deep and 30 feet wide, as wide as the sanctuary itself.

King James Version
And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

New American Standard Bible
The porch in front of the nave of the house {was} twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, {and} its depth along the front of the house {was} ten cubits.

New International Version
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits, and projected ten cubits from the front of the temple.

New King James Version
The vestibule in front of the sanctuary of the house was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of the vestibuleextended ten cubits from the front of the house.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The porch in front of the nave of the house measured twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth along the front of the house measured ten cubits.

Revised Standard Version
The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.

Young's Literal Translation
As to the porch on the front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits `is' its length on the front of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit `is' its breadth on the front of the house;

New English Translation
The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet¹ long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet² wide, extending out from the front of the temple.

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