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Elevated oblique view of long narrow rectangular foundation trenches and limestone footing courses, surveyors using rope stretched along edges, house proportion roughly three to one, no numbers or diagram.
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2 Chronicles 3:3

Foundations for the House

The House Takes Shape · 2 Chronicles 3

Story guide: Architectural reconstruction is interpretive; the exact dimensions are preserved in Scripture. The Ark has not yet been brought into the house.

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3These are the foundations Solomon laid for building the house of God: the length in cubits, according to the former measure, was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

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