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