4
And the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
2
And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3
This is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits.
4
And the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
5
The larger room he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it.
6
And he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
Footnotes 2
[a].
The main room of the temple; elsewhere called the holy place (compare 1 Kings 6:3)
[b].
Following Masoretic Text, Septuagint, and Vulgate; Arabic, some manuscripts of the Septuagint, and Syriac omit one hundred and.