porch] This was no part of the fore-mentioned house, but added to the open end thereof: it is called Solomons porch (John 10:23.) here the people used to stand, while the priests were offering sacrifices or incense within the temple: here they prayed and heard the law read and expounded, Luke 1:10. Act. 3. 11, 12. and 5. 12. length] From north to south, all along the end of the temple. breadth] Thorow which was the passage into the temple: the height far exceeded the height of the temple, even ninety cubits higher, 2 Chronicles 3:4. It hath been the manner of building fair edifices, to make the entrance much higher then the rest of the building.