2 Chronicles 3:4
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And the porch in the front, which was extended in length according to the measure of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits: and the height was a hundred and twenty cubits: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

the porch

John 10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch.

Acts 3:11 And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them, to the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

Acts 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

120 seems too great a height for the porch; but the Syriac, Arabic, and the LXX in the codex Alexandrinus, have only twenty, probably reading, instead of maiah weesrim, `one hundred and twenty,' ammoth esrim, `twenty cubits;' which brings it within the proportion of the other measures.

Context
Temple Construction Begins
3Now these are the foundations, which Solomon laid, to build the house of God, the length by the first measure sixty cubits, the breadth twenty cubits. 4And the porch in the front, which was extended in length according to the measure of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits: and the height was a hundred and twenty cubits: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:3
And there was a porch before the temple, of twenty cubits in length, according to the measure of the breadth of the temple: and it was ten cubits in breadth, before the face of the temple.

Ezekiel 40:48
And he brought me into the porch of the temple: and he measured the porch five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

Lexicon
The portico
וְהָאוּלָ֡ם (wə·hā·’ū·lām)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 197: A vestibule

at
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the front,
פְּנֵ֨י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

extending across
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the width
רֹֽחַב־ (rō·ḥaḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7341: Breadth, width

of the temple,
הַבַּ֙יִת֙ (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

[was] twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth

cubits [long]
אַמּ֣וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

[and]
מֵאָ֣ה (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3967: A hundred

twenty [cubits]
וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים (wə·‘eś·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth

high.
וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּ (wə·hag·gō·ḇah)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1363: Elation, grandeur, arrogance

He overlaid
וַיְצַפֵּ֥הוּ (way·ṣap·pê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6823: To lay out, lay over

the inside
מִפְּנִ֖ימָה (mip·pə·nî·māh)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6441: Toward the side or inside, within

with pure
טָהֽוֹר׃ (ṭā·hō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2889: Clean, pure

gold.
זָהָ֥ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky


Additional Translations
The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

And the porch that was before the house , the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

And the portico in front of the house, its length in front of the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and its height a hundred and twenty cubits: and he gilded it within with pure gold.

And the porch which was in front was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and the height was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the hight was a hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

The porch that was before [the house], its length, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

As to the porch that is on the front, the length is by the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty, and he overlayeth it within with pure gold.
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