1 Kings 6:1-2

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Solomon Builds the Temple

6 So in the month of Ziv, the second month of the year, during Solomon’s fourth year as king, he began work on the Temple. This was 480 years after the Israelites left Egypt.^[a] ²The Temple was 60 cubits^[b] long, 20 cubits^[c] wide, and 30 cubits^[d] high.

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1 Kings 6:1 480 years … Egypt This was about 960 B.C.
1 Kings 6:2 60 cubits 102' 3/8" (31.1 m).
1 Kings 6:2 20 cubits 34' 1/8" (10.37 m). Also in verses 16, 20.
1 Kings 6:2 30 cubits 51' 3/16" (15.55 m). The ancient Greek version has “25 cubits.”