1 Kings 6:2

1 Kings 6:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
• New International Version (NIV)The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.

Context of 1 Kings 6:2

1Solomon began to build the Lord's temple 480 years after the Israelites had left Egypt. It was in the fourth year that he had ruled Israel as king. He started the work in the month called Ziv, the second month of the year. The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was 27 metres long. It was 9 metres wide. It was 13.5 metres high. 3The temple had an entrance room in front of its big hall. The entrance room was as wide as the temple, 9 metres wide. It came 4.5 metres out from the front of the temple itself. 4Solomon made narrow windows near the tops of the temple walls.

1 Kings 6:2 word by word

וְהַבַּ֗יִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנָ֜ה הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה שִׁשִּֽׁים־אַמָּ֥ה אָרְכּ֖וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים רָחְבּ֑וֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• which kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• thereof twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• and the heightקוֹמָהqômâh · heightH6967
• thereof thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970

Cross-references for 1 Kings 6:2

• Ezekiel 40:1In the 25th year that we had been prisoners in Babylon, the Lord took hold of me with great power. It happened on the tenth day of the first month of the year. It was 14 years since Babylonian soldiers had destroyed the city of Jerusalem. In a vision, the Lord took me there.
• Ezra 6:3King Cyrus gave a command about God's temple in Jerusalem, in the first year that he ruled in Babylon. He said: “The Jews must build their temple as a place where they can offer sacrifices to their God. They must build it on its foundations. They must make it 30 metres wide and 30 metres high.
• Ezekiel 41:1Then the man took me into the big hall of the temple. He measured the walls on each side of the entrance. They were 3 metres thick.
• Revelation 21:16The shape of the city was a square. It was as long as it was wide. The angel measured the city with his stick. It was 12,000 stadia (2,400 kilometres) long. It was as wide and as high as it was long.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 6:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The length thereof was threescore cubits - A cubit, according to Bishop Cumberland, is 21 inches, and 888 decimals, or 1 foot, 9 inches, and 888 decimals. According to this Yds. Ft. Inch. The length, 60 cubits, was 36 1 5.28 The breadth, 20 cubits, was 12 0 5.76 The height, 30 cubits, was 18 0 8.64 This constituted what was called the temple or house, the house of God, etc. But, besides this, there were courts and colonnades, where the people might…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The size of Solomon‘s temple depends upon the true length of the ancient cubit, which is doubtful. It has been estimated as somewhat less than a foot, and again as between 19 and 20 inches, a difference of nearly 8 inches, which would produce a variation of nearly 40 feet in the length of the temple-chamber, and of 46 in that of the entire building. It is worthy of remark that, even according to the highest estimate, Solomon‘s temple was really a small…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Like the tabernacle before it, the temple (literally house) was where God met with his people. David had gathered materials for its construction (1 Chronicles 22:2–4, 14) and had created plans for the temple, which he gave to Solomon (1 Chronicles 28:11–12). The temple’s floor plan was similar to the tabernacle's but was twice as long and wide, and taller (compare Exodus 26:3, 15–30; 36:26–34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-41Ki 6:1-4. The Building of Solomon's Temple. 2. the house which king Solomon built for the Lord--The dimensions are given in cubits, which are to be reckoned according to the early standard (2Ch 3:3), or holy cubit (Eze 40:5; 43:13), a handbreadth longer than the common or later one. It is probable that the internal elevation only is here stated.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Kings 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings