1Ki 6:1-6 | ESV | STEP | In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt , in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel , in the month of Ziv , which is the second month , he began to build the house of the Lord .

1 Kings 6:1-6

Solomon Builds the Temple

1 ^aIn the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, ^bhe began to build the house of the Lord. 2 ^cThe house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. 3 The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. 4 And ^ehe made for the house windows with recessed frames. ^{▼▼Or blocked lattice windows} 5 ^gHe also built a structure ^{▼▼Or platform; also verse 10} against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and ⁱthe inner sanctuary. And he made ^jside chambers all around. 6 The lowest story ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew structure, or platform} was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.