1 Kings 6:3

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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WEBBE

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.

BSB

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

The covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

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וְהָאוּלָם ve·ha·'u·lam and the porch H197 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 פְּנֵי pe·nei [the] face of H6440 הֵיכַל hei·khal [the] temple of H1964 הַבַּיִת ha·ba·yit the house H1004 עֶשְׂרִים 'es·rim [was] twenty H6242 אַמָּה 'a·mah cubit[s] H520 אָרְכּוֹ 'a·re·ko length its H753 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 פְּנֵי pe·nei [the] face of H6440 רֹחַב ro·chav [the] breadth of H7341 הַבָּיִת ha·ba·yit the house H1004 עֶשֶׂר 'e·ser [was] ten H6235 בָּאַמָּה ba·'a·mah by the cubit H520 רָחְבּוֹ ra·che·bo breadth its H7341 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 פְּנֵי pe·nei [the] face of H6440 הַבָּיִת ha·ba·yit the house H1004

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–10

The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed and modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave it the beauty of holiness, that it was the house of the Lord, which was far beyond all other beauties. It was to be the temple of the God of peace, therefore no iron tool must be heard; quietness and silence suit and help religious exercises. God's work should be done with much care and little noise. Clamour and violence often hinder, but never further the work of God. Thus the kingdom of God in the heart of man grows up in silence, Mr 5:27.

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