Solomon Builds the Temple
1 In the four hundred and eightieth6:1 Hebrew; Septuagint four hundred and fortieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the Lord.
2 The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.6:2 That is, about 90 feet long, 30 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 27 meters long, 9 meters wide and 14 meters high3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits,6:3 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 16 and 20 and projected ten cubits6:3 That is, about 15 feet or about 4.5 meters; also in verses 23-26 from the front of the temple.
19 He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the Lord there. 20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.