2 Chronicles 3:3

Dimensions and Materials of the Temple

3 Now these are the foundations which ¹Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

2 Chronicles 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:3

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:3 In-Context

1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

3 Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

4 The porch which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height 120 ; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.

5 He overlaid the main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 6:2

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "founding of Solomon to build"
• [b] I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.