2 Chronicles 3:3

3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide[a] (using the cubit of the old standard).

2 Chronicles 3:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
ESV
3 These are Solomon's measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
NLT
3 These are the dimensions Solomon used for the foundation of the Temple of God (using the old standard of measurement). It was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.
MSG
3 These are the dimensions that Solomon set for the construction of the house of God: ninety feet long and thirty feet wide.
CSB
3 These are Solomon's foundations for building God's temple: the length was 90 feet, and the width 30 feet.

2 Chronicles 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:3

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 3:3 In-Context

1 Then Solomon began to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David.
2 He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3 The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide (using the cubit of the old standard).
4 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.
5 He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.

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Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide or about 27 meters long and 9 meters wide
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