And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.
And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
And forty by the cubit was the house, it is the temple before it .
And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
1 Kings — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
F I R S T K I N G S CHAP. VI. Great and long preparation had been making for the building of the temple, and here, at length, comes an account of the building of it; a noble piece of work it was, one of the wonders of the…