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1 Kings 6:2

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.

KJV

Domus autem quam ædificabat rex Salomon Domino, habebat sexaginta cubitos in longitudine, et viginti cubitos in latitudine, et triginta cubitos in altitudine.

Vulgate

καὶ αἴρουσιν λίθους μεγάλους τιμίους εἰς τὸν θεμέλιον τοῦ οἴκου καὶ λίθους ἀπελεκήτους·

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/הַ/בַּ֗יִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנָ֜ה הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה֙ לַֽ/יהוָ֔ה שִׁשִּֽׁים אַמָּ֥ה אָרְכּ֖/וֹ וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֤ים רָחְבּ֑/וֹ וּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה קוֹמָתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אַמָּ֔ה
'mh
noun · 249×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
וֹ
v
noun · 95×
וֹ
v
noun · 46×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
'shrym
adjective · 313×
רֹ֖חַב
rchb
noun · 101×
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה
shlmh
proper_noun · 280×
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים
shlshym
adjective · 174×
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים
shshym
adjective · 59×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 40:1 — In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of th
  • Ezek 41:1 — Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
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