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These are Solomon's 1measurements[a] for building the house of God: 2the length, in cubits[b] of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
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Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.
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These are Solomon's measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
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The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.
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The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it.