2 Solomon began building in the second month of the fourth year he ruled Israel.
3 Solomon used these measurements for building the Temple of God. It was ninety feet long and thirty feet wide, using the old measurement.
4 The porch in front of the main room of the Temple was thirty feet long and thirty feet high.He covered the inside of the porch with pure gold.
5 He put panels of pine on the walls of the main room and covered them with pure gold. Then he put designs of palm trees and chains in the gold.
6 He decorated the Temple with gems and gold from Parvaim.
7 He put gold on the Temple’s ceiling beams, doorposts, walls, and doors, and he carved creatures with wings on the walls.
8 Then he made the Most Holy Place. It was thirty feet long and thirty feet wide, as wide as the Temple. He covered its walls with about forty-six thousand pounds of pure gold.