2 Chronicles 3:3
“¶ Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubites after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twentie cubites.”
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2 Chronicles 3:3 Context
1Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Ierusalem in Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared vnto Dauid his father, in the place that Dauid had prepared in the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite. 2And he began to build in the second day of the second moneth, in the fourth yeere of his reigne. 3¶ Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubites after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twentie cubites. 4And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was atcording to the breadth of the house, twentie cubites, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he ouerlaid it within, with pure gold. 5And the greater house hee sieled with firre tree, which he ouerlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palme trees and chaines.
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Other Translations for 2 Chronicles 3:3
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.
- King James Version
Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard {was} sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.
- Basic English Bible
And this was Solomon's foundation for the construction of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
- Darby Bible
Now these are the things in which Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
- Webster's Bible
Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
- World English Bible
And [in] these hath Solomon been instructed to build the house of God: The length [in] cubits by the former measure [is] sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the ancient measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Chronicles 3:3
3:3 Instructed - By David, and by the Spirit of God. The measure - According to he measure which was first fixed.