1 Kings 6:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 28:11 : 11 David gave to his son Solomon the blueprints for the temple porch, its buildings, its treasuries, its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room for atonement.
  • 2 Chr 3:3-4 : 3 Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; its length(determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet. 4 The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its height was 30 feet. He plated the inside with pure gold.
  • Ezek 41:15 : 15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,
  • Matt 4:5 : 5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,
  • John 10:23 : 23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon’s Portico.
  • Acts 3:10-11 : 10 and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him. 11 Peter Addresses the Crowd While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 6:2
    88%

    2The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

  • 1 Kgs 6:16-17
    2 verses
    88%

    16He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters.

    17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

  • 2 Chr 3:3-4
    2 verses
    86%

    3Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple; its length(determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.

    4The porch in front of the main hall was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its height was 30 feet. He plated the inside with pure gold.

  • 1 Kgs 7:6
    84%

    6He made a colonnade 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch.

  • Ezek 41:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1The Inner Temple Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet wide on each side.

    2The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, and the sides of the entrance were 8¾ feet on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, and its width as 35 feet.

    3Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, the entrance as 10½ feet, and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet.

    4Then he measured its length as 35 feet, and its width as 35 feet, before the outer sanctuary. He said to me,“This is the most holy place.”

    5Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10½ feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.

  • Ezek 41:10-15
    6 verses
    82%

    10and the chambers of the court was 35 feet in width all around the temple on every side.

    11There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8¾ feet all around.

    12The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet thick all around, and its length 157½ feet.

    13Then he measured the temple as 175 feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long,

    14and also the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard on the east as 175 feet.

    15Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,

  • Ezek 40:47-49
    3 verses
    81%

    47He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; the altar was in front of the temple.

    48Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet and the sides were 5¼ feet on each side.

    49The length of the porch was 35 feet and the width 19¼ feet; steps led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.

  • 1 Kgs 6:4-6
    3 verses
    81%

    4He made framed windows for the temple.

    5He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

    6The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

  • 1 Kgs 6:20
    81%

    20The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar.

  • Ezek 42:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet long.

    8For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet long.

  • Ezek 42:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    2Its length was 175 feet on the north side, and its width 87½ feet.

    3Opposite the 35 feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories.

    4In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet wide at a distance of 1¾ feet, and their entrances were on the north.

  • Ezek 40:9-13
    5 verses
    80%

    9He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, and its jambs as 3½ feet; the porch of the gate faced inward.

    10There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement.

    11He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet, and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet.

    12There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet on either side.

    13He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet from one entrance to the opposite one.

  • Ezek 40:36
    78%

    36its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.

  • 2 Chr 3:8
    78%

    8He made the most holy place; its length was 30 feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold.

  • Ezek 40:15
    77%

    15From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet.

  • Ezek 40:21
    77%

    21Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

  • Ezek 40:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.

    30There were porches all around, 43¾ feet long and 8¾ feet wide.

  • Ezek 40:33
    76%

    33Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet and its width 43¾ feet.

  • Exod 26:16
    76%

    16Each frame is to be fifteen feet long, and each frame is to be two feet three inches wide,

  • 1 Kgs 6:10
    76%

    10He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

  • Ezek 40:7
    76%

    7The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

  • Exod 27:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12The width of the court on the west side is to be seventy-five feet with hangings, with their ten posts and their ten bases.

    13The width of the court on the east side, toward the sunrise, is to be seventy-five feet.

  • Exod 36:21
    75%

    21The length of each frame was fifteen feet, the width of each frame was two and a quarter feet,

  • Ezek 41:8
    75%

    8I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10½ feet high.

  • Ezek 40:25
    75%

    25There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

  • 1 Kgs 7:12
    75%

    12Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the LORD’s temple and the hall of the palace.