1 Kings 6:1-2

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The Building of the Temple

6 ^[a]Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (April-May) which is the second month, that he began to build the Lord’s house (temple). ²The length of the house which King Solomon built for the Lord was ^[b]sixty cubits (90 ft.), its width twenty (30 ft.), and its height thirty cubits (45 ft.).

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Footnotes

1 Kings 6:1 This is a key verse in determining the date of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. Since the fourth year of Solomon’s reign is believed to be 966 b.c., the date of the exodus was about 1446 b.c.
1 Kings 6:2 A cubit is about 18 inches.