2 Chronicles 3:3
Good News Translation
The Temple which King Solomon built was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.

New Revised Standard Version
These are Solomon’s measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

Contemporary English Version
The inside of the temple was 27 meters long and 9 meters wide, according to the older standards.

New American Bible
These were the specifications laid down by Solomon for building the house of God: the length was sixty cubits according to the old measure, and the width was twenty cubits;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now 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.

A.

2993-3000 B.C.

1011-1004
Solomon

1 Chronicles 28:11-19 And David gave to Solomon his son a description of the porch, and of the temple, and of the treasures, and of the upper floor, and of the inner chambers, and of the house for the mercy seat, . . .

instructed [heb] founded

1 Kings 6:2,3 And the house, which king Solomon built to the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height. . . .

Context
Temple Construction Begins
2And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 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 6:2
And the house, which king Solomon built to the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.

2 Chronicles 3:2
And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

Ezekiel 41:2
And the breadth of the gate was ten cubits: and the sides of the gate five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

2 Chronicles 3:2
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