Building the Temple
1 Solomon began to build the temple for the Lord in the four hundred eightieth year 6:1 Ac 13:20 after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month. 6:1 April–May, 6:1 1Kg 6:37; 2Ch 3:1–2; Ezr 3:82 The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord 6:2 Ezr 5:11 was ninety feet 6:2 Lit 60 cubits long, thirty feet 6:2 Lit 20 cubits, also in vv. 3,16,20 wide, and forty-five feet 6:2 Lit 30 cubits high. 6:2 2Ch 3:3; Ezk 41:1
19 He prepared the inner sanctuary 6:19 Ezk 41:3–4 inside the temple to put the ark of the Lord’s covenant 6:19 Dt 10:16; Jos 3:11 there. 20 The interior of the sanctuary was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and thirty feet high; he overlaid it with pure gold. 6:20 2Ch 3:8–9 He also overlaid the cedar altar.
38 In his eleventh year in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, 6:38 = October–November the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification. 6:38 1Kg 6:1,14 So he built it in seven years. 6:38 1Kg 7:1