23 Then Ehud went out to the porch[a]; he shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

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  1. Judges 3:23 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

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He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide.[a] In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

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  1. 1 Kings 7:6 That is, about 75 feet long and 45 feet wide or about 23 meters long and 14 meters wide

And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

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He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge,(A) and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.[a](B)

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  1. 1 Kings 7:7 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew floor

Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

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