2The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.
3And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.
4And the covered way in front of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and a hundred and twenty cubits high, all plated inside with the best gold.
5And the greater house was roofed with cypress-wood, plated with the best gold and ornamented with designs of palm-trees and chains.
6And the house was made beautiful with stones of great value, and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
7All the house was plated with gold, the supports, the steps, the walls and the doors; and the walls were ornamented with designs of winged ones.
8And he made the most holy place; it was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, like the greater house, and was plated all over with the best gold; six hundred talents were used for it.
