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1 Kings 6:2

The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

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ASV

And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

KJV

And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהַבַּ֗יִתve.ha.Ba.yitand the houseH1004 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בָּנָ֜הba.Nahhe builtH1129 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
שְׁלֹמֹה֙she.lo.MohSolomonH8010 →
לַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehfor YahwehH3068 →
שִׁשִּֽׁים־shi.shim-[was] sixtyH8346 →
אַמָּ֥ה'a.Mahcubit[s]H520 →
אָרְכּ֖וֹ'a.re.Kolength itsH753 →
וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםve.'es.Rimand [was] twentyH6242 →
רָחְבּ֑וֹra.che.Bobreadth itsH7341 →
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםu.she.lo.Shimand [was] thirtyH7970 →
אַמָּ֖ה'a.Mahcubit[s]H520 →
קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃ko.ma.Toheight itsH6967 →

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Ezekiel 41:2The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.Ezekiel 40:1–41In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.Ezekiel 41:1–15Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.Ezra 6:3–4In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,Revelation 21:16–17The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.Ezekiel 41:1Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.

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The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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