2 Chronicles 3:1-3

New Living Translation

Solomon Builds the Temple

3 So Solomon began to build the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David, his father. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah^[a] the Jebusite, the site that David had selected. ²The construction began in midspring,^[b] during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.

³These are the dimensions Solomon used for the foundation of the Temple of God (using the old standard of measurement).^[c] It was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.^[d]

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Footnotes

3:1 Hebrew reads Ornan, a variant spelling of Araunah; compare 2 Sam 24:16.
3:2 Hebrew on the second [day] of the second month. This day of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in April or May.
3:3a The “old standard of measurement” was a cubit equal to 18 inches [46 centimeters]. The new standard was a cubit of approximately 21 inches [53 centimeters].
3:3b Hebrew 60 cubits [27.6 meters] long and 20 cubits [9.2 meters] wide.