John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 2. And the house which King Solomon built for the Lord , etc.] For his worship, honour, and glory: the length thereof [was] threescore cubits ; sixty cubits from east to west, including the holy place and the most holy place; the holy place was forty cubits, and the most holy place twenty; the same measure, as to length, Eupolemus, an Heathen writer f89 , gives of the temple, but is mistaken in the other measures: and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits] ; from north to south: and the height thereof thirty cubits ; this must be understood of the holy place, for the oracle or most holy place was but twenty cubits high, ( Kings 6:20); though the holy place, with the chambers that were over it, which were ninety cubits, three stories high, was in all an hundred twenty cubits, ( 2 Chronicles 3:4); some restrain it to the porch only, which stood at the end, like one of our high steeples, as they think.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-10 - The temple is called the house of the Lord, because it was directed an modelled by him, and was to be employed in his service. This gave in the beauty of holiness, that it was the house of the Lord, which wa far beyond all other beauties. It was to be the temple of the God of peace, therefore no iron tool must be heard; quietness and silence sui and help religious exercises. God's work should be done with much car and little noise. Clamour and violence often hinder, but never furthe the work of God. Thus the kingdom of God in the heart of man grows u in silence, Mr 5:27.
Original Hebrew והבית1004 אשׁר834 בנה1129 המלך4428 שׁלמה8010 ליהוה3068 שׁשׁים8346 אמה520 ארכו753 ועשׂרים6242 רחבו7341 ושׁלשׁים7970 אמה520 קומתו׃6967
