The Building of the Temple
1 Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, that is, the second month, that he 6:1 Lit builtbegan to build the house of the Lord. 2 And the house which King Solomon built for the Lordwas6:2 About 90 ft. long, 30 ft. wide, and 45 ft. high or 27 m, 9 m, and 14 msixty cubits in its length, and twenty cubits in its width, and its height was thirty cubits.
19 Then he prepared an inner sanctuary inside the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 20 6:20 Lit Before theThe inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height; and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also paneled the altar with cedar.
38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, that is, the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts and in accordance with all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.