Ezra 6:3

“In the first year of Cyrus the king; the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, etc.] (see <150101>Ezra 1:1-4 <234428>Isaiah 44:28), the place where they offered sacrifices; to God in times past, ever since it was built by Solomon: and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; so as to bear and support the building erected on them, as the word signifies: the height thereof sixty cubits; which were thirty more than the height of Solomon’s temple, (<110602>1 Kings 6:2) though sixty less than the height of the porch, which was one hundred and twenty, (<140304>2 Chronicles 3:4) and which some take to be the height of the whole…”

“It is difficult to reconcile the dimentions here with expressions in Zechariah Zechariah 4:10, Haggai Haggai 2:3, and even Ezra Ezra 3:12, which imply that the second temple was smaller than the first (compare 1 Kings 6:2). Perhaps the dimensions here are those which Cyrus required the Jews not to exceed. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Cubits - Those proportions differ from those of Solomon's temple, which was but thirty cubits high, only the porch was a hundred and twenty cubits high, and but twenty cubits in breadth. Either therefore Solomon's cubits were sacred cubits, which were larger than the other, and these but common cubits. Or, the sixty cubits of height are meant only for the porch. And the word rendered breadth, may be rendered the extension or the length of it; it being improbable that the king should give orders about the breadth, and none about the length of it. Ezra 6:12”

“6:3 This decree is recorded in Ezra 1:2-4. • The Temple’s height will be ninety feet, and its width will be ninety feet: The emendations given in the NLT textual note would make these measurements match those of Solomon’s Temple (1 Kgs 6:2, 17, 20). But the larger measurements given here might represent the maximum size that the Persians would fund.”

“the first year: Ezr 1:1-4, Ezr 5:13-15; Ch2 36:22, Ch2 36:23 the place: Deu 12:5, Deu 12:6, Deu 12:11-14; Ch2 2:6; Psa 122:4 the height: Kg1 6:2, Kg1 6:3; Ch2 3:3, Ch2 3:4; Eze 41:13-15; Rev 21:16 Ezra 6:4”