King James Version (KJV)
And the house, that {is}, the temple before it, was forty cubits {long}.
Modern English
In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits.
Hebrew
וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים בָּאַמָּ֖ה הָיָ֣ה הַבָּ֑יִת ה֖וּא הַהֵיכָ֥ל לִפְנָֽי׃
vʾarbaʿiym baʾamah hayah habayit hvʾ haheykal lipnay