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And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
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Now these are the measurements which Solomon instructed for the building of the house of God: The length by cubits, according to the ancient measure, was threescore cubits and the breadth twenty cubits.
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And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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And the greater house he ceiled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold and set thereon palm trees and chains.
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And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.