17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
17 The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
17 The Main Sanctuary area in front was sixty feet long.
17 And in front of it the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.
17 The main room of the Temple, outside the Most Holy Place, was 60Â feet long.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 6:17
Commentary on 1 Kings 6:15-38
(Read 1 Kings 6:15-38)
See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1 Corinthians 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical temple. It grows to a holy temple in the Lord, enriched and beautified with the gifts and graces of the Spirit. This temple is built firm, upon a Rock. 4. Heaven is the everlasting temple. There the church will be fixed. All that shall be stones in that building, must, in the present state of preparation, be fitted and made ready for it. Let sinners come to Jesus as the living Foundation, that they may be built on him, a part of this spiritual house, consecrated in body and soul to the glory of God.