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The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet[a] wide, running across the entire width of the Temple, and 30 feet[b] high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

He paneled the main room of the Temple with cypress wood, overlaid it with fine gold, and decorated it with carvings of palm trees and chains. He decorated the walls of the Temple with beautiful jewels and with gold from the land of Parvaim.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:4a Hebrew 20 cubits [9.2 meters]; also in 3:8, 11, 13.
  2. 3:4b As in some Greek and Syriac manuscripts, which read 20 cubits [9.2 meters]; Hebrew reads 120 [cubits], which is 180 feet or 55 meters.

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