2
He broke ground on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his rule.
3
These are the dimensions that Solomon set for the construction of the house of God: ninety feet long and thirty feet wide.
4
The porch in front stretched the width of the building, that is, thirty feet; and it was thirty feet high.
5
He paneled the main hall with cypress and veneered it with fine gold engraved with palm tree and chain designs.
6
He decorated the building with precious stones and gold from Parvaim.
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