1. And Shelomoh began to build the House of יהוה at Yerushalayim on Mount Moriyah, where He appeared to his father Dawiḏ, at the place that Dawiḏ had prepared on the threshing-floor of Ornan the Yeḇusite.
2. And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3. And these are the foundations which Shelomoh laid for building the House of Elohim: The length by cubits according to the former measure were sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.
4. And the porch that was in front was twenty cubits long according to the breadth of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. And he overlaid the inside with clean gold.
5. And the great house he panelled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it.
6. And he covered the house with precious stones for comeliness, and the gold was gold from Parwayim.