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2 Chronicles 3:4

2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

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.

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.

5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

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BSB
The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
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.
WEB
The porch that was in front, its length, across the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
ASV
And the porch that was before [the house], the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
DARBY
And the porch which was in front was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and the height was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
BLB
And the portico that [was] in the front, the length on the front of the width of the house [was] twenty cubits, and the height [was] twenty, and He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
ÅB
Og forhallen som lå foran huset, var tyve alen bred, svarende til bredden av huset, og hundre og tyve alen høy, og han kledde den innentil med rent gull.
OTB
Forhallen som var foran huset hadde samme bredde som huset, tjue alen,
og høyden var 120;
og han kledde innsiden med rent gull.
B1930
Og forhallen som lå foran huset, var tyve alen bred, svarende til bredden av huset, og hundre og tyve alen høi, og han klædde den innentil med rent gull.

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  • John 10:23

    And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.

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  • Acts 5:12

    And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

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  • Acts 3:11

    And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

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