1 Kings 6:2

the length thereof was threescore cubits In dimension the Temple was twice the size of the Tabernacle. The latter was 30 cubits long, 10 cubits wide and 15 cubits high in the holy place. See Fergusson's Temples of the Jews, p. 16. Mr Fergusson, speaking of the length of the cubit says, -we find that a cubit of 18 English inches meets all the difficulties of the case with as much accuracy as can be obtained." We see then that the Temple, exclusive of the rooms by which it was surrounded, was but a very small building, 90 feet long, 30 feet broad, and 45 feet high in its loftiest portion, and the Tabernacle only half that size. Neither building was meant to contain the worshippers. The priests went in, while the multitude remained outside (cf. Luke 1:9-10).

An interesting paper on Solomon's Temple, by Mr E. C. Robins, F.S.A., will be found in -The Builder" of Jan. 9 and 16, 1886.

It appears from 1 Kings 6:27 below, where the wings of the cherubim touch each other and also touch the walls of the most holy place, that the measures mentioned in this account of the Temple are measures of the interior, and that allowance must be made for the thickness of the outside walls in any calculation of the size of the building.