2. He began to build in the second month on the second day during the fourth year of his reign.
3. These are the foundation measurements that Solomon used for building the house of God. The cubit length in the former standard measure was sixty cubits and the width twenty cubits.
4. The porch vestibule that was in front of the nave hall had its length, like the width of the house, as twenty cubits, and its height was one hundred and twenty cubits; and he overlaid the inside with pure gold.
5. And he paneled the great house with cypress trees and then covered it with fine gold. Then he decorated it with palm trees and chain work.