1 Kings 6:3
in 1 Kings 6The 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseOr, if we take in the whole height mentioned, 2 Chron. iii, 4, which is one hundred and twenty; there is in this no disproportion: being to its length as six to one; and to its breadth as twelve to one; especially when this height was conveniently divided into several galleries, one over another, each of which had their due proportions.
This site's exposition
the length thereof was threescore cubits
on 1 Kings 6:2-6
Solomon's house measures sixty cubits long, twenty broad and thirty high: length and breadth run exactly double the tabernacle's thirty by ten of Exodus 26, the height risen higher still, from the tabernacle's ten cubits to thirty. The porch, the narrow windows and the three tiers of side chambers wrap the house without cutting into its own walls, resting instead on ledges built into the outer wall so that no beam is fastened into the sanctuary's stone. The chambers widen with each story, five cubits, then six, then seven, a detail the text records without saying why.
This site's exposition
projecting out ten cubits
The portico faced east, and Bede notes that its door stood opposite the door of the temple. The Hebrew of 2 Chronicles 3:4 gives the porch a height of a hundred and twenty cubits. John Wesley divides that height into galleries set one over another.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
"There was also a porch in front of the temple, twenty cubits in length to correspond with the width of the temple." It had a door opposite the door of the temple and was ten cubits deep, facing the east. This porch represents the people …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the porch before the temple of the house,....
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָאוּלָ֗ם | vehaulam | and the porch | H197 → | 34 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵי֙ | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הֵיכַ֣ל | heikhal | [the] temple of | H1964 → | 80 times |
| הַבַּ֔יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֣ים | ʾesrim | [was] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אַמָּה֙ | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| אָרְכּ֔וֹ | ʾareko | length its | H753 → | 95 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֖י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| רֹ֣חַב | rochav | [the] breadth of | H7341 → | 101 times |
| הַבָּ֑יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| עֶ֧שֶׂר | ʾeser | [was] ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| בָּאַמָּ֛ה | baamah | by the cubit | H520 → | 247 times |
| רָחְבּ֖וֹ | rachebo | breadth its | H7341 → | 101 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַבָּֽיִת׃ | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וְהָאוּלָ֗םand the porch
vehaulamH197 →34 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵי֙[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הֵיכַ֣ל[the] temple of
heikhalH1964 →80 times
הַבַּ֔יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים[was] twenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
אַמָּה֙cubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
אָרְכּ֔וֹlength its
ʾarekoH753 →95 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֖י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
רֹ֣חַב[the] breadth of
rochavH7341 →101 times
הַבָּ֑יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
עֶ֧שֶׂר[was] ten
ʾeserH6235 →176 times
בָּאַמָּ֛הby the cubit
baamahH520 →247 times
רָחְבּ֖וֹbreadth its
racheboH7341 →101 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הַבָּֽיִת׃the house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 4:5Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
it leads to
- Luke 4:9
Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
- Matthew 27:53
After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
- Revelation 11:2
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
- Luke 4:9
Through
John 10:23and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
it leads to
Through
1 Chronicles 28:11Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:19
“All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”
- Exodus 25:40
See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
- Hebrews 8:5
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you…
- 1 Chronicles 28:19
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Homilies on the Gospels 2.25; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Kings.