1. 400 and eighty years after the people of Israel left Egypt, during the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the second month, the month of Ziv, Solomon began work on the Temple.
2. Inside it was 27 metres long, nine metres wide, and 13.5 metres high.
3. The entrance room was 4.5 metres deep and nine metres wide, as wide as the sanctuary itself.
4. The walls of the Temple had openings in them, narrower on the outside than on the inside.
5. Against the outside walls, on the sides and the back of the Temple, a three-storied annexe was built, each storey 2.2 metres high.