1 Kings 6:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.”
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“The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As to the house that king Solomon hath built for Jehovah, sixty cubits <FI>is<Fi> its length, and twenty its breadth, and thirty cubits its height.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 6:2 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 6:3In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
- Ezekiel 40:1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.
- Ezekiel 41:1Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.
- Revelation 21:16The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
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