# General Information:

The author writes about the structure of the Hall of Pillars.

# colonnade

a series of columns, all the same distance apart

# fifty cubits ... thirty cubits

A cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate translation: "23 meters ... 13.8 meters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# portico

an area of a building made of columns and a roof that leads to and connects with the building's entrance door. See how you translated this in [1 Kings 6:3](../06/03.md)