1 Kings 7:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.”

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BSBPD

“Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the porch of the pillars he hath made; fifty cubits its length, and thirty cubits its breadth, and the porch <FI>is<Fi> before them, and pillars and a thick place <FI>are<Fi> before them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 7:6 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 7:12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
  2. Ezekiel 41:25Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.

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