New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Chronicles 3:4
4The porch which was in front of the house 1was as long as the width of the house, 2twenty cubits, and the height 3twenty; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 3:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
- New International Version (NIV)The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits long across the width of the building and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
Context of 2 Chronicles 3:4
2He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 3Now 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. The porch which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height twenty; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold. 5He overlaid the main room with juniper wood and overlaid it with fine gold; and he ornamented it with palm trees and chains. 6Further, he overlaid the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 32 Chronicles 3:4 word by word
וְהָאוּלָ֡ם אֲשֶׁר֩ עַל־פְּנֵ֨י הָאֹ֜רֶךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּ מֵאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיְצַפֵּ֥הוּ מִפְּנִ֖ימָה זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
- The porchאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · PorticoH197
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- was in frontפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- was as longאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
- as the widthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
- of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
- cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
- and the heightגֹּ֫בַהּgôbahh · heightH1363
- and insideמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
- and insideפְּנִ֫ימָהpenîymâh · withinH6441
- he overlaidצָפָהtsâphâh · to overlayH6823
- it with pureטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
- goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:4
- John 10:23it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area, in the portico of Solomon.
- Acts 3:11While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the portico named Solomon’s, completely astonished.
- Acts 5:12At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all together in Solomon’s portico.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The height was a hundred and twenty - Some think this should be twenty only; but if the same building is spoken of as in 1 Kings 6:2, the height was only thirty cubits. Twenty is the reading of the Syriac, the Arabic, and the Septuagint in the Codex Alexandrinus. The MSS. give us no help. There is probably a mistake here, which, from the similarity of the letters, might easily occur. The words, as they now stand in the Hebrew text, are ואשרים מאה meah…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The height was an hundred and twenty cubits - This height, which so much exceeds that of the main building 1 Kings 6:2, is probably to be corrected by the reading of the Arabic Version and the Alexandrian Septuagint, “twenty cubits.” But see 2 Chronicles 3:9.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4In Chronicles, the temple is the main focus of Solomon's reign. However, it provides less detail about its architecture and furnishings than the book of Kings does (for example, 1 Kings 6:2–10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. the porch--The breadth of the house, whose length ran from east to west, is here given as the measure of the length of the piazza. The portico would thus be from thirty to thirty-five feet long, and from fifteen to seventeen and a half feet broad. the height was an hundred and twenty cubits--This, taking the cubit at eighteen inches, would be one hundred eighty feet; at twenty-one inches, two hundred ten feet; so that the porch would rise in the form…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 3
- 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
- John Wesley’s Notes
- 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
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