John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 6:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the porch before the temple of the house, etc.] Which stood at the east end of it: twenty cubits [was] the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; which was from north to south, and of the same dimension, so that they exactly answered each other: [and] ten cubits [was] the breadth thereof before the house; which being added to it, make the whole of the building, most holy place, holy place, and porch, seventy cubits; the height of the porch is not here given, but in (<140304>2 Chronicles 3:4); where it is said to be an hundred twenty cubits high, equal to the height of the house, with the chambers over it; but there the breadth of the porch is not given, as it is here; by these dimensions we may observe the difference between the tabernacle and the temple; the temple was twice as long, and as broad, and thrice as high as that, (see <022608>Exodus 26:8,16). This fabric was an emblem of the church of God, sometimes called an holy temple, and the temple of the living God, (<470616>2 Corinthians 6:16 <490221>Ephesians 2:21).

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