The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord
was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple
extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits,
and projected ten cubits from the front of the temple.
Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary
he built a structure around the building,
in which there were side rooms.
The lowest floor was five cubits wide,
the middle floor six cubits
and the third floor was seven.
He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple
so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.
In building the temple,
only blocks dressed at the quarry were used,
and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool
was heard at the temple site
while it was being built.
(I Kings 6:1-7)
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
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