וַיָּ֣חֶל שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לִבְנ֤וֹת אֶת־בֵּית־יְהוָה֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בְּהַר֙ הַמּ֣וֹרִיָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִרְאָ֖ה לְדָוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יהוּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵכִין֙ בִּמְק֣וֹם דָּוִ֔יד בְּגֹ֖רֶן אָרְנָ֥ן הַיְבוּסִֽי׃
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father; for which provision had been made in the Place of David, in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
II Chronicles
And he began to build in the second month [(Iyyar)] on the second [day] in the fourth year of his reign.
II Chronicles
And these are [(the dimensions)] which Solomon employed for the building of the house of G d: the length, in cubits, by the first measurement [(that for the mishkan, six handbreadths to the cubit)], sixty cubits; its breadth, twenty cubits.
II Chronicles
And the Ulam [(the entrance hall)], whose length ran along the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits [(from north to south)], and its height, one hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it with pure gold from within.