Verse 2
2. Length… threescore cubits Reckoning the cubit at eighteen inches the length would be ninety feet. These dimensions are probably to be understood of the walls on the inside. See note on 1 Kings 6:10.
Breadth… twenty Thirty feet, just one third of the length.
Height… thirty cubits Forty-five feet, just half the length. Josephus says the height was sixty cubits, but most of his statements on the dimensions of buildings are untrustworthy. A comparison with Exodus 26:15-23 shows that the dimensions of the temple were exactly double those of the tabernacle. The latter, as described in Exodus 26:27, was the model after which David and Solomon planned the temple.
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