New International Version
2 Chronicles 3:4
4The 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet wide, running across the entire width of the Temple, and 30 feet high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
Context of 2 Chronicles 3:4
2He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. 3The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide (using the cubit of the old standard). 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. 5He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs. 6He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the porchאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · PorticoH197
- in the frontפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
- according to the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
- of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
- cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
- and the heightגֹּ֫בַהּgôbahh · heightH1363
- an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- and he overlaidצָפָהtsâphâh · to overlayH6823
- it withinפְּנִ֫ימָהpenîymâh · withinH6441
- with pureטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
- goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 3:4
- John 10:23and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 3:11While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 5:12The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
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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