² He began to build in the second month^[a] on the second day during the fourth year of his reign.^[b]

³ These are the foundation measurements that Solomon used for building the house of God. The cubit^[c] length in the former standard measure was sixty cubits and the width twenty cubits.^{[d] 4} The porch vestibule that was in front of the nave hall had its length, like the width of the house, as twenty cubits,^[e] and its height was one hundred and twenty cubits;^[f] and he overlaid the inside with pure gold.