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It projected outward 15 feet from the front of the Temple. <a href="/esv/1_kings/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/6.htm">New King James Version</a> The vestibule in front of the sanctuary of the house was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of the vestibule extended ten cubits from the front of the house. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The porch in front of the main room of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its width along the front of the house was ten cubits. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> The porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth along the front of the house was ten cubits. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth along the front of the house was ten cubits. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And the porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth along the front of the house was ten cubits. <a href="/amp/1_kings/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The porch in front of the main room of the house (temple) was twenty cubits long, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth in front of the house was ten cubits. <a href="/csb/1_kings/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was thirty feet long extending across the temple’s width, and fifteen feet deep in front of the temple. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was 30 feet long extending across the temple&#8217s width, and 15 feet deep in front of the temple. <a href="/asv/1_kings/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/1_kings/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> A four-and-a-half-meter porch went all the way across the front of the temple. <a href="/erv/1_kings/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The entrance hall in front of the main room of the temple was the same length as the shorter side of the temple. It extended 15 feet in front of the temple. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> The entrance room was 15 feet deep and 30 feet wide, as wide as the sanctuary itself. <a href="/isv/1_kings/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> A portico extended in front of the Temple for 20 cubits outward, corresponding to the width of the Temple. Along the front of the Temple its depth was ten cubits. <a href="/msb/1_kings/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/1_kings/6.htm">NET Bible</a> The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The porch before the temple of the house, thirty-four feet and five inches was its length, according to the breadth of the house. Seventeen feet and three inches was its breadth before the house. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length of it, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth of it, before the house. <a href="/web/1_kings/6.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> As for the porch on the front of the temple of the house, its length [is] twenty cubits on the front of the breadth of the house; its breadth [is] ten by the cubit on the front of the house; <a href="/ylt/1_kings/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> As to the porch on the front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits is its length on the front of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit is its breadth on the front of the house; <a href="/slt/1_kings/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the porch upon the face of the temple of the house, twenty cubits its length, upon the face of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit its breadth upon the face of the house.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And there was a porch before the temple of twenty cubits in length, according to the measure of the breadth of the temple: and it was ten cubits in breadth before the face of the temple. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And a portico was before the temple, of twenty cubits in length, in accord with the measure of the width of the temple. And it had ten cubits of width before the face of the temple. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/6.htm">New American Bible</a> The porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits from side to side along the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits wide, across the width of the house. Its depth was ten cubits in front of the house.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the porch in front of the door of the temple was twenty cubits long, the same as the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the depth before the length of the house. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the porch that was before the door of the house was twenty cubits in its length, next to the width of the house, and ten cubits in its width next to the length of the house.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/1_kings/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the porch in front of the temple - twenty cubits was its length according to the breadth of the house in front of the house: and he built the house, and finished it. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/6-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=1967" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/6.htm">Temple Construction Begins</a> …2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. 3<a href="/hebrew/197.htm" title="197: wə·hā·’ū·lām (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- A porch. Or, ulam; from 'alam; a vestibule.">The portico</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">the front</a> <a href="/hebrew/1964.htm" title="1964: hê·ḵal (N-msc) -- A palace, temple. Probably from yakol; a large public building, such as a palace or temple.">of the main hall</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">was twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·māh (N-fs) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/753.htm" title="753: ’ā·rə·kōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Length. From 'arak; length.">long,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">extending across</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7341.htm" title="7341: rō·ḥaḇ (N-msc) -- Breadth, width. From rachab; width.">the width</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·bā·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/7341.htm" title="7341: rā·ḥə·bōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Breadth, width. From rachab; width.">and projecting out</a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: ‘e·śer (Number-fs) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: bā·’am·māh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">front</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·bā·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the temple.</a> 4He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-4.htm">2 Chronicles 3:4</a> 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. <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">Ezekiel 40:48-49</a> Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side. / The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side. <a href="/exodus/26-30.htm">Exodus 26:30</a> So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain. <a href="/2_chronicles/6-13.htm">2 Chronicles 6:13</a> Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, <a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22</a> Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, <a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">2 Chronicles 5:12</a> all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-6.htm">2 Chronicles 7:6</a> The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing. <a href="/1_kings/7-21.htm">1 Kings 7:21</a> Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz. <a href="/2_chronicles/4-9.htm">2 Chronicles 4:9</a> He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">2 Chronicles 29:25</a> Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. <a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Matthew 21:12-13</a> Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” <a href="/mark/11-15.htm">Mark 11:15-17</a> When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. / Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” <a href="/luke/19-45.htm">Luke 19:45-46</a> Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. / He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” <a href="/john/2-14.htm">John 2:14-16</a> In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. / To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!” <a href="/acts/3-11.htm">Acts 3:11</a> While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.<a href="/1_chronicles/28-11.htm">1 Chronicles 28:11</a> Then 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,<a href="/2_chronicles/3-3.htm">2 Chronicles 3:3,4</a> 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… <a href="/ezekiel/41-15.htm">Ezekiel 41:15</a> And 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;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/matthew/12-19.htm">Broadways</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-15.htm">Corresponding</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-1.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/judges/3-16.htm">Cubit</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-14.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/genesis/7-20.htm">Depth</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-13.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/joshua/19-11.htm">Extended</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-15.htm">Front</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-22.htm">Hall</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">Length</a> <a href="/joshua/8-13.htm">Main</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-25.htm">Nave</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Porch</a> <a href="/acts/5-12.htm">Portico</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-15.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Vestibule</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-10.htm">Way</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">Width</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Broadways</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-6.htm">Corresponding</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-17.htm">Cubit</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-6.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-31.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/job/28-14.htm">Depth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-21.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">Extended</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-17.htm">Front</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-17.htm">Hall</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-4.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">Length</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">Main</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">Nave</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-6.htm">Porch</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-6.htm">Portico</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-4.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-16.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-12.htm">Vestibule</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-31.htm">Way</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">Width</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 6</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">The building of Solomon's temple</a> 5. <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">The chambers thereof</a> 11. <a href="/1_kings/6-11.htm">God's promise unto it</a> 15. <a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">The ceiling and adorning of it</a> 23. <a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">The cherubim</a> 31. <a href="/1_kings/6-31.htm">The doors</a> 36. <a href="/1_kings/6-36.htm">The court</a> 37. <a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">The time of building it</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple The portico, or porch, served as an entrance to the temple, symbolizing the transition from the secular to the sacred. In ancient Near Eastern architecture, such structures were common, providing a grand entrance to significant buildings. The temple's portico reflects the importance of the temple as the dwelling place of God among His people. This entrance can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the "door" (<a href="/john/10-9.htm">John 10:9</a>) through which believers enter into the presence of God.was twenty cubits long A cubit is generally considered to be about 18 inches, making the portico approximately 30 feet long. This measurement indicates the grandeur and scale of Solomon's Temple, emphasizing its importance and the resources dedicated to its construction. The number twenty in biblical numerology can symbolize a period of waiting or completeness, reflecting the fulfillment of God's promise to David regarding the temple (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-13</a>).extending across the width of the temple The portico's extension across the entire width of the temple signifies its role as an integral part of the structure, not merely an addition. This design choice highlights the unity and completeness of the temple, mirroring the unity of God's covenant with Israel. The temple itself is a foreshadowing of the body of Christ, the true temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>).and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple The projection of ten cubits, or about 15 feet, indicates the portico's prominence and its function as a welcoming space. The number ten often represents completeness or divine order in the Bible, as seen in the Ten Commandments. This projection can symbolize the outreach of God's presence to His people, inviting them into worship and relationship. The temple, as a whole, prefigures the ultimate reconciliation between God and humanity through Jesus Christ, who extends His grace to all.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The king of Israel who was responsible for building the temple. His reign is marked by wisdom and prosperity, and the construction of the temple is one of his most significant achievements. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> Also known as Solomon's Temple, it was the first temple built for the worship of Yahweh in Jerusalem. It served as the central place of worship and sacrifice for the Israelites. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_portico.htm">The Portico</a> This is the porch or entrance hall of the temple, measuring twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide. It served as a transitional space between the outside world and the sacred interior of the temple.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_sacred_spaces.htm">The Importance of Sacred Spaces</a> The detailed description of the temple's portico underscores the significance of creating spaces dedicated to worship and encountering God. As believers, we should value and respect our places of worship, ensuring they are conducive to reverence and reflection. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_portico.htm">Symbolism of the Portico</a> The portico serves as a threshold between the secular and the sacred. In our lives, we should recognize and honor the boundaries between our daily activities and our time with God, ensuring we dedicate time and space for spiritual growth. <a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_among_his_people.htm">God's Presence Among His People</a> The temple, including its portico, symbolizes God's desire to dwell among His people. This foreshadows the New Testament teaching that believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit, emphasizing the importance of living lives that reflect God's holiness. <a href="/topical/a/attention_to_detail_in_worship.htm">Attention to Detail in Worship</a> The precise measurements and design of the temple's portico remind us that God values order and intentionality in worship. Our worship practices should be thoughtful and intentional, reflecting our reverence for God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 6</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_8's_view_on_idols_compare.htm">How does the severe condemnation of these idolatries in Ezekiel 8 align or conflict with other biblical accounts of tolerating foreign gods?</a> <a href="/q/do_ezekiel_41_1-5_measurements_match_any_temple.htm">How do the specific measurements in Ezekiel 41 (particularly verses 1-5) align with any known historical or archaeological temple structure?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_60_queens_fit_solomon's_700_wives.htm">(Song of Solomon 6:8) How can sixty queens and eighty concubines align with Solomon's reputed 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3)?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_kings_5_5_dates.htm">How can one reconcile the temple-building timeline in 1 Kings 5:5 with different dates given in other biblical passages?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) The porch was thirty feet wide and fifteen feet deep. The height is not here given; but in the present text of <a href="/2_chronicles/3-4.htm" title="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.">2Chronicles 3:4</a> (followed by some MSS. of the LXX., and by Josephus) it is made 120 cubits, or 180 feet. This height is hardly in accordance with anything else known on ancient architecture. It is, however, not at all unlike the western tower of a Gothic church.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - And the porch [אוּלָם, forepart, projection (Vorhalle, Gesenius). The porch was not a colonnade - that is called a "porch of pillars" (<a href="/1_kings/7-6.htm">1 Kings 7:6</a>), but was formed By simply prolonging the side walls, and possibly the roof (see below). Bahr holds that it had only side walls and cieling (sic), and was entirely open in front; and the fact that no mention is made of any door or opening, though the doors of the other parts of the edifies are all referred to (vers. 8, 31, 33), certainly favours this view, as also does the position of the pillars of <a href="/1_kings/7-21.htm">1 Kings 7:21</a>] before the temple of the house [The house, or main building (ver. 2), had two parts. (1) "The temple of the house" (הֵיכָל = "spacious," hence "magnificent building," "palace," as in <a href="/proverbs/30-28.htm">Proverbs 30:28</a>; <a href="/daniel/1-4.htm">Daniel 1:4</a>. Gesen., Thes. 1:375). The same word is used of the tabernacle (<a href="/1_samuel/1-9.htm">1 Samuel 1:9</a>), of the royal palace (<a href="/1_kings/21-1.htm">1 Kings 21:1</a>; <a href="/2_kings/20-18.htm">2 Kings 20:18</a>; <a href="/psalms/45-8.htm">Psalm 45:8, 15</a>), and of heaven (<a href="/2_samuel/22-7.htm">2 Samuel 22:7</a>, etc.) This was the ναὸς par excellence, and is called "the great house," because of its superior size and height, in <a href="/2_chronicles/3-5.htm">2 Chronicles 3:5</a>. (2) The oracle (דְּבִיר) see on ver. 5. The two bore a rough resemblance to the nave and chancel of a Gothic church], twenty cubits was the length thereof according to the breadth of the house [The porch, i.e., extended across the entire front, or east end of the temple] and ten cubits was the breadth [i.e., depth] thereof before the house. [The height of the porch, of which no mention is made here, is stated in <a href="/2_chronicles/3-4.htm">2 Chronicles 3:4</a> as 120 cubits (say 180 feet), but there is surely some mistake in the figures. For (1) This is "unlike anything we know of in ancient architecture" (Fergusson). . . . <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/6-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The portico וְהָאוּלָ֗ם (wə·hā·’ū·lām) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_197.htm">Strong's 197: </a> A vestibule at עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the front פְּנֵי֙ (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face of the main hall הֵיכַ֣ל (hê·ḵal) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1964.htm">Strong's 1964: </a> A large public building, palace, temple of the temple הַבַּ֔יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house [was] twenty עֶשְׂרִ֣ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth cubits אַמָּה֙ (’am·māh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> A mother, a cubit, a door-base long, אָרְכּ֔וֹ (’ā·rə·kōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_753.htm">Strong's 753: </a> Length extending across עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the width רֹ֣חַב (rō·ḥaḇ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7341.htm">Strong's 7341: </a> Breadth, width of the temple הַבָּ֑יִת (hab·bā·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house and projecting out רָחְבּ֖וֹ (rā·ḥə·bōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7341.htm">Strong's 7341: </a> Breadth, width ten עֶ֧שֶׂר (‘e·śer) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> Ten cubits בָּאַמָּ֛ה (bā·’am·māh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> A mother, a cubit, a door-base in עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against front פְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face of the temple. הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/6-3.htm">1 Kings 6:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/6-3.htm">1 Kings 6:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/6-3.htm">1 Kings 6:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/6-3.htm">1 Kings 6:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/6-3.htm">1 Kings 6:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/6-3.htm">1 Kings 6:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/6-3.htm">1 Kings 6:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/6-3.htm">1 Kings 6:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/6-3.htm">1 Kings 6:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/6-3.htm">1 Kings 6:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-3.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 6:3 The porch before the temple (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 6:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 6:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/6-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 6:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 6:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>