Verse 3
3. Porch The vestibule, or entrance way, in front of the temple, marked A in plan. The height of the porch is not here given, but, according to 2 Chronicles 3:4, it was one hundred and twenty cubits, four times the height of the rest of the building, so as to form a sort of steeple or high tower in front. But the number one hundred and twenty is undoubtedly a corrupt reading. It was supported in the lower part by two massive brazen pillars ( a a in plan) named respectively Jachin and Boaz, (see on 1 Kings 7:15 and 2 Chronicles 3:17,) so that the whole front, with its pillars and ornamentation, must have presented a most imposing and splendid facade.
The temple of the house The temple, as thus distinguished from the house, is to be understood of the pronaos, or holy place (B in plan) before the oracle. Compare 1 Kings 6:16-17.
According to the breadth of the house Rather, before the breadth of the house. That is, the length of the porch extended before the breadth of the house, and was precisely equal to it, namely, twenty cubits.
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