1-kings 7:6
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And he made a covered room of pillars, fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, and ... with steps before it.
Webster's Revision
And he made a porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beams were before them.
World English Bible
He made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and thick beams before them.
Barnes's 1-kings 7:6 Bible Commentary
Probably the porch of the "House of the Forest." Porches of columns immediately in front of columnar chambers were a favorite feature of Persian architecture. The whole verse should be translated, "And he made the porch of the pillars in length 50 cubits, and in breadth 30 cubits, and a porch before them (i. e., the pillars), and pillars, and a base (or step) before them." Most of the Persepolitan porches had small pillared chambers at some little distance in front of them.
Wesley's 1-kings 7:6 Bible Commentary
7:6 A porch - Supported by divers pillars, for the more magnificent entrance into the house; upon which also it is thought there were otherrooms built, as in the house. The porch - Now mentioned which is saidto be before them; before the pillars on which the house of Lebanonstood. Pillars - Or, and pillars; That is, fewer and lesser pillarsfor the support of the lesser porch. Beam - Which was laid upon thesepillars, as the others were ver. 2 .