KJV King James Version
And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
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1 Kings 6:17
And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
WEB World English Bible
In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits.
ASV American Standard Version
And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And forty by the cubit was the house, it is the temple before it.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 6
14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: [and] he covered [them] on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for the most holy [place].
17 And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
18 And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with knops and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone seen.
19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
20 And the oracle in the forepart [was] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and [so] covered the altar [which was of] cedar.
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