And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle , was forty cubits long .

And the temple itself before the doors of the oracle was forty cubits long.

And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.

And the house, that is, the temple before the Sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits.

And the temple itself, before the doors of the oracle, was forty cubits.

And the (i) house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
(i) For when he spoke of the house in the first verse, he meant both the oracle and the temple.

And the house, that is, the temple before it,.... The holy place, which was before the of holies:
was forty cubits long; and which, with the most holy place, being twenty cubits, as in the preceding verse, made the length of the whole house sixty cubits, as in 1-Kings 6:2.

House - That is, the holy place. Temple - This is added, to restrain the signification of the word house, which otherwise notes the whole building. It - The oracle.