2 Chronicles 3:4

4 The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was 30 feet^[a] wide;^[b] its height was 30 feet;^[c][d] he overlaid its inner surface 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 He began to build on the second [day] of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

3 These are Solomon's foundations for building God's temple: the length was 90 feet, and the width 30 feet.

4 The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was 30 feet wide; its height was 30 feet; he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold.

5 The larger room he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains.

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

Footnotes

• [a] Lit 20 cubits
• [b] 1 Kg 6:1-3
• [c] LXX, Syr; MT reads 120 cubits
• [d] Lit 20 cubits