The height was one hundred and twenty cubits - This height, which so much exceeds that of the main building (1 Kings 6:2), is pr…

And the porch ... twenty cubits. —Hebrew, and the porch that was before the length (that is, that lay in front o…

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

A more detailed account of the building of the temple is found in 1 Kings 6. It was to be in the place David had prepared—not only the place he had…