2 Chronicles 3:4

4 The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long ^[a] and twenty cubits high. ^[b] He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

2 Chronicles 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:4

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:4 In-Context

2 Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

3 The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.

4 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.

5 He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.

6 He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.

Footnotes

• [a] 20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters; also in verses 8, 11, and 13.
• [b] Some LXX and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew 120 cubits high (approximately 180 feet or 54.9 meters)