1 Kings 7:6

He made the porch of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits; with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them.

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WEBBE

He made the hall of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits and its width thirty cubits, with a porch before them, and pillars and a threshold before them.

BSB

Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.

KJV

And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

ASV

And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.

BBE

And he made a covered room of pillars, fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, and ... with steps before it.

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וְאֵת ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 אוּלָם 'u·lam [the] porch of H197 הָעַמּוּדִים ha·'a·mu·dim the pillars H5982 עָשָׂה 'a·sah he made H6213 חֲמִשִּׁים cha·mi·shim [was] fifty H2572 אַמָּה 'a·mah cubit[s] H520 אָרְכּוֹ 'a·re·ko length its H753 וּשְׁלֹשִׁים u·she·lo·shim and [was] thirty H7970 אַמָּה 'a·mah cubit[s] H520 רָחְבּוֹ ra·che·bo breadth its H7341 וְאוּלָם ve·'u·lam and a porch H197 עַל־ 'al- [was] on H5921 פְּנֵיהֶם pe·nei·hem face their H6440 וְעַמֻּדִים ve·'a·mu·dim and pillars H5982 וְעָב ve·'av and a threshold H5646 עַל־ 'al- [were] on H5921 פְּנֵיהֶם pe·nei·hem face their H6440

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–12

All Solomon's buildings, though beautiful, were intended for use. Solomon began with the temple; he built for God first, and then his other buildings. The surest foundations of lasting prosperity are laid in early piety. He was thirteen years building his house, yet he built the temple in little more than seven years; not that he was more exact, but less eager in building his own house, than in building God's. We ought to prefer God's honour before our own ease and satisfaction.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.