Questions From Readers/How tall was the porch of Solomon's temple? - Conclusion

 The text of 2 Chronicles 3:4 may have been miscopied.  Although some ancient manuscripts read "120" in this verse, other authoritative texts, such as the fifth-century Codex  Alexandrinus and the sixth-century Codex Ambrosiaus, read "cubits." Why might a scribe have mistakenly written "120"? The words for "hundred" and "cubits" look similar in Hebrew. So a scribe may have written the word "hundred" instead of "cubits." 

Of course, while we strive to understand these details and to depict Solomon's temple accurately, we focus especially on what the temple foreshadowed-the great spiritual temple. How grateful we are that Jehovah has invited all his servants to worship him at that temple! - HEBREWS 9:11-14; REVELATION 3:12; 7:9-17. 

Next time: BIBLE VERSES EXPLAINED/Genesis 1:26-"Let Us Make Man in Our Image" 

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