Now (A)the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.

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The temple(A) that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:2 That is, about 90 feet long, 30 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 27 meters long, 9 meters wide and 14 meters high

11 Then David gave his son Solomon (A)the plans for the vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat; 12 and the (B)plans for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, of all the chambers all around, (C)of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things; 13 also for the division of the priests and the (D)Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the articles of service in the house of the Lord. 14 He gave gold by weight for things of gold, for all articles used in every kind of service; also silver for all articles of silver by weight, for all articles used in every kind of service; 15 the weight for the (E)lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for each lampstand and its lamps; for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand. 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of the showbread, for each (F)table, and silver for the tables of silver; 17 also pure gold for the forks, the basins, the pitchers of pure gold, and the golden bowls—he gave gold by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls, silver by weight for every bowl; 18 and refined gold by weight for the (G)altar of incense, and for the construction of the chariot, that is, the gold (H)cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 19 “All this,said David, (I)“the Lord made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the [a]works of these plans.”

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  1. 1 Chronicles 28:19 details

11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans(A) for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement. 12 He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit(B) had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the Lord and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things.(C) 13 He gave him instructions for the divisions(D) of the priests and Levites, and for all the work of serving in the temple of the Lord, as well as for all the articles to be used in its service. 14 He designated the weight of gold for all the gold articles to be used in various kinds of service, and the weight of silver for all the silver articles to be used in various kinds of service: 15 the weight of gold for the gold lampstands(E) and their lamps, with the weight for each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand; 16 the weight of gold for each table(F) for consecrated bread; the weight of silver for the silver tables; 17 the weight of pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls(G) and pitchers; the weight of gold for each gold dish; the weight of silver for each silver dish; 18 and the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense.(H) He also gave him the plan for the chariot,(I) that is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and overshadow(J) the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

19 “All this,” David said, “I have in writing as a result of the Lord’s hand on me, and he enabled me to understand all the details(K) of the plan.(L)

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