# 1 Kings 6:3

> The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.

— 1 Kings 6:3, Berean Standard Bible

## Who appears

- **Solomon** (the one who built the temple) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/solomon

## When

- c. 966 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 1 Kings 6:1 dates the founding of the Temple by the four hundred and eightieth year after the Exodus and by the fourth year of Solomon.

## Who ruled

- **Solomon**, king of Israel, 970-931 BC · Source: 1 Kings 11:42; the annals of Tyre cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- 1 Chronicles 28:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/28/11
- 2 Chronicles 3:3-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/3/3
- Ezekiel 41:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/41/15
- Matthew 4:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/4/5
- John 10:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/10/23
- Acts 3:10-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/3/10

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).