2
Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
4
The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
5
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
6
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.