1 Kings 6:17

17 The room in front of the Most Holy Place was 60 feet long.

1 Kings 6:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:17

And the house, that [is], the temple before it
The holy place, which was before the of holies:

was forty cubits [long];
and which, with the most holy place, being twenty cubits, as in the preceding verse, made the length of the whole house sixty cubits, as in ( 1 Kings 6:2 ) .

1 Kings 6:17 In-Context

15 The inside walls were covered with cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling, and the floor was made of pine.

16 An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was 30 feet long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling.

17 The room in front of the Most Holy Place was 60 feet long.

18 The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers; the whole interior was covered with cedar, so that the stones of the walls could not be seen.

19 In the rear of the Temple an inner room was built, where the Lord's Covenant Box was to be placed.