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The porch that was before [the house], the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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A Question of Height
Scholars note a likely scribal error in the porch's height. The Hebrew text states 120 cubits (about 180 feet), which seems architecturally improbable. Key ancient manuscripts, including the Septuagint and Arabic versions, list the height as 'twenty cubits.' Most commentators conclude that twenty cubits was the intended measurement, making the porch proportional to the main temple.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
And the porch ... twenty cubits. —Hebrew, and the porch that was before the length (that is, that lay in front o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).
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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…
