1 Kings 6:1-4

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ¹  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple. 6:2 The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet ²  long, 30 feet ³  wide, and 45 feet ⁴  high. 6:3 The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet ⁵  long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet ⁶  wide, extending out from the front of the temple. 6:4 He made framed windows for the temple.

[6:1]  ¹ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[6:2]  ² tn Heb “sixty cubits.” A cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm. Measurements in vv. 2-10 have been converted to feet in the translation for clarity.

[6:2]  ³ tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

[6:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”

[6:3]  ³ tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

[6:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “ten cubits.”