³ Solomon laid the foundations^[a] for these structures in order to build the temple of God. The length according to the old standard of measurement was ninety feet and the width thirty feet. ⁴ Across the front of the temple^[b] was a porch as long as the temple was and thirty feet wide, and thirty feet^[c] high. He covered the inside walls with pure gold. ⁵ He paneled the walls of the main room with pine, covered them with fine gold, and decorated them with palm trees and chains.