The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house.

  • KJV 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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    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.

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Cross-references (6)

Passages linked to 1 Kings 6:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans for the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, for its upper rooms, for its inner rooms, for the place of the mercy seat;
  • 2 Chronicles 3:3-4 Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of God’s house. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits. The porch that was in front, its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
  • Ezekiel 41:15 He measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at its back, and its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits from the inner temple, and the porches of the court
  • Matthew 4:5 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
  • John 10:23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
  • Acts 3:10-11 They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

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Explain this verse (14 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or the court where the people prayed, which was…

Or the court where the people prayed, which was before the place where the altar of burnt offerings stood.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 6:3 And the porch before the temple of…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Before the temple of the house; in the front…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the porch before the temple of the house,....…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The porch - In the front of, or entrance…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 6:3. The porch before the temple — That…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Temple. The porch was of the same height as…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the porch--or portico, extended across the whole front (see…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. Porch — The vestibule, or entrance way, in…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. the porch] This extended along the whole face…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) The porch was thirty feet wide and fifteen…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the porch forepart, projection (Vorhalle, Gesenius). The porch…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:3-4 Unlike the Tabernacle, the Temple had an east…

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