1. King David, Solomon's father, had already prepared a place for the Temple. It was in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David, the place which Araunah the Jebusite had used as a threshing place. King Solomon began the construction
2. in the second month of the fourth year that he was king.
3. The Temple which King Solomon built was 27 metres long and nine metres wide.
4. The entrance room was the full width of the Temple, nine metres, and was 54 metres high. The inside of the room was overlaid with pure gold.
5. The main room was panelled with cedar and overlaid with fine gold, in which were worked designs of palm trees and chain patterns.
6. The king decorated the Temple with beautiful precious stones and with gold imported from the land of Parvaim.
7. He used the gold to overlay the temple walls, the rafters, the thresholds, and the doors. On the walls the workers carved designs of winged creatures.