1 Kings 6:3
1 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.”1 Kings 6:3
What Does 1 Kings 6:3 Mean?
1 Kings 6:3 is found in the book of 1 Kings, chapter 6, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to 1 Kings 6:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Kings 7:21“And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.”1 Chronicles 28:11“Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,”Joel 2:17“Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?”2 Chronicles 3:3“Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.”Ezekiel 40:48“And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.”Ezekiel 41:15“And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;”Matthew 4:5“Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,”John 10:23“And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.”Acts 3:10“And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.”1 Kings 7:7“Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.”2 Chronicles 29:17“Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.”Ezekiel 40:49“The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.”
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