unfoldingWord_en_tn/1ki/06/03.md

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General Information:

The narrator continues to list the dimensions of the temple.

portico

an area of a building made of columns and a roof that leads to and connects with the building's entrance door. This portico was probably attached to the front part of the wall that surrounded the temple.

twenty cubits ... ten cubits

A cubit is 46 centimeters. AT: "9.2 meters ... 4.6 meters" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance)

he made windows

Solomon would have commanded his workers to do the building. AT: "they made windows" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)