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13 lines
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# Then Solomon began to build ... He prepared ... He began ... that Solomon laid
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The readers should understand that Solomon probably commanded other people to do the actual work. Alternate translation: "Then Solomon's workers began to build ... They prepared ... They began ... that Solomon's workers laid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Now
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This word is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here the narrator begins to explain the dimensions and the design of the temple.
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# sixty cubits ... twenty cubits
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"60 cubits ... 20 cubits." A cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate translation: "27.6 meters long ... 9.2 meters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])
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