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The porch that was in front, its length, across the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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Verse 4. A hundred. The Arab. and some copies of the Septuagint read only twenty. Capellus and Toinard would substitute, ten cubits. A small change in the Hebrew might occasion these variations. Calmet.—In 3 Kennicott. 7:2 we find the height was thirty cubits: but that might be only to the first floor. Many think that the temple was 120 cubits high: but Salien ( A. 3024) explains it of the four-square tower, ( Menochius.) in the front. Calmet.
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