Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the house, which king Solomon built to the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height. the house Ezekiel 40:1-41:26 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, the tenth day of the month, the fourteenth year after the city was destroyed: in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me thither. . . . the length According to B. 36 yds. 1ft 5/28 inch; its breadth 12 yds. 5/76 inch; and its height, 18 yds. 8/64 inch. This constituted what is properly called the temple; but, besides this, there were the courts and colonnades, where the people might assemble to perform their devotions, without being exposed to the open air. threescore Ezra 6:3,4 In the first year of Cyrus the king: Cyrus the king decreed, that the house of God should be built, which is in Jerusalem, in the place where they may offer sacrifices, and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits, and the breadth of threescore cubits, . . . Ezekiel 41:1 And he brought me into the temple, and he measured the fronts six cubits broad on this side, and six cubits on that side, the breadth of the tabernacle. Revelation 21:16,17 And the city lieth in a four-square: and the length thereof is as great as the breadth. And he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs: and the length and the height and the breadth thereof are equal. . . . Context Temple Construction Begins1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zio, (the same is the second month) he began to build a house to the Lord. 2And the house, which king Solomon built to the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.3And 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.… Cross References 1 Kings 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zio, (the same is the second month) he began to build a house to the Lord. 1 Kings 6:3 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. 2 Chronicles 3:3 Now these are the foundations, which Solomon laid, to build the house of God, the length by the first measure sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits. Ezekiel 41:2 And the breadth of the gate was ten cubits: and the sides of the gate five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. Lexicon The houseוְהַבַּ֗יִת (wə·hab·ba·yiṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house that אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that King הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king Solomon שְׁלֹמֹה֙ (šə·lō·mōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne built בָּנָ֜ה (bā·nāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build for the LORD לַֽיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel [was] sixty שִׁשִּֽׁים־ (šiš·šîm-) Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 8346: Sixty cubits אַמָּ֥ה (’am·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base long, אָרְכּ֖וֹ (’ā·rə·kōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 753: Length twenty [cubits] וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (wə·‘eś·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth wide, רָחְבּ֑וֹ (rā·ḥə·bōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7341: Breadth, width and thirty וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (ū·šə·lō·šîm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 7970: Thirty, thirtieth cubits אַמָּ֖ה (’am·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base high. קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃ (qō·w·mā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6967: Height Additional Translations The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was three score cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 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. And the house which the king built to the Lord was forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height five and twenty cubits. And the house that king Solomon built for Jehovah was sixty cubits in length, and twenty in breadth, and thirty cubits in height. 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. And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length of it was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits, and the hight of it thirty cubits. The house which king Solomon built for Yahweh, its length was sixty cubits, and its breadth twenty [cubits], and its height thirty cubits. As to the house that king Solomon hath built for Jehovah, sixty cubits is its length, and twenty its breadth, and thirty cubits its height. Jump to Previous Breadth Built Cubits Height High Hight House Length Sixty Solomon Temple Thereof Thirty Threescore Twenty Wide WidthJump to Next Breadth Built Cubits Height High Hight House Length Sixty Solomon Temple Thereof Thirty Threescore Twenty Wide WidthExternal Links 1 Kings 6:2 NIV1 Kings 6:2 NLT 1 Kings 6:2 ESV 1 Kings 6:2 NASB 1 Kings 6:2 ASV 1 Kings 6:2 Bible Apps 1 Kings 6:2 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 6:2 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 6:2 French Bible 1 Kings 6:2 German Bible Alphabetical: and As built cubits for height high house its King length long LORD sixty Solomon temple that The thirty twenty was which wide width OT History: 1 Kings 6:2 The house which king Solomon built (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |