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Architectural interpretation of the Temple’s rectangular mass and front portico during construction. Preserve the stated length/width/height ratios; no later Herodian courts or domes.
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1 Kings 6:1-3

The house takes shape

1 Kings 6 · 1 Kings 6

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1And it came about in the four hundred eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv (that is, the second month), of Solomon’s reign over Israel, that he built the house for Yahweh.

2The house that King Solomon built for Yahweh was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

3The portico in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, across the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.

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