SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Chronicles 3:3

3:3a The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God

The foundation that Solomon laid to build the temple of God
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King Solomon laid the foundation for God’s temple,

3:3b was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.

was sixty cubits long and ten cubits wide. He used the old cubit to measure it.
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which was thirty (30) meters long and ten (10) meters wide. He used the old standard of measurement.

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