1 Kings 6:3
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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.The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
In other translations
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.The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
Hebrew words
וְהָאוּלָםveha'ulamand the porchH197עַל־'al-onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440הֵיכַלheikhal[the] temple ofH1964הַבַּיִתhabayitthe houseH1004עֶשְׂרִים'esrim[was] twentyH6242אַמָּה'amahcubit[s]H520אָרְכּוֹ'arekolength itsH753עַל־'al-onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440רֹחַבrochav[the] breadth ofH7341הַבָּיִתhabayitthe houseH1004עֶשֶׂר'eser[was] tenH6235בָּאַמָּהba'amahby the cubitH520רָחְבּוֹrachebobreadth itsH7341עַל־'al-onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440הַבָּיִת׃habayitthe houseH1004
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Related verses
- Matthew 4:5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
- Ezekiel 41:15And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,
- John 10:23And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3-43 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. 4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.3 The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard. 4 The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
- Acts 3:10-1110 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. 11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.10 they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. 11 While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.
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