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1 Kings 6:3 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 6 · verse 3
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.1 Kings 6:3 · King James Version
1 Kings 6:3 in context
1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
2And 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.
3And 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.
4And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- breadthrôchabwidthH7341 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- templehêykâla large public building, such as a palace or templeH1964 →
- twentyʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
- cubitsʼammâhproperly, a motherH520 →
- lengthʼôreklengthH753 →
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Here, I. The temple is called the house of the Lord (Kg1 6:1), because it was, 1. Directed and modelled by him. Infinite Wisdom was the architect, and gave David the plan or pattern by the Spirit, not by word of mouth only, but, for the greater certainty and exactness, in writing (Ch1 28:11, Ch1 28:12), as he had…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10