an area of a building made of columns and a roof that leads to and connects with the building's entrance door. This portico was probably attached to the front part of the wall that surrounded the temple.
# twenty cubits ... ten cubits
A cubit is 46 centimeters. AT: "9.2 meters ... 4.6 meters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])
# he made windows
Solomon would have commanded his workers to do the building. AT: "they made windows" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])