2 Chronicles 3:1–9

3^*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 ²in the second month of the fourth year that he was king. ³The Temple which King Solomon built was 27 metres long and 9 metres wide. ⁴The entrance room was the full width of the Temple, 9 metres, and was 54 metres high. The inside of the room was overlaid with pure gold. ⁵The main room was panelled with cedar and overlaid with fine gold, in which were worked designs of palm trees and chain patterns. ⁶The king decorated the Temple with beautiful precious stones and with gold imported from the land of Parvaim. ⁷He 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.^{e 8*}The inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was 9 metres long and 9 metres wide, which was the full width of the Temple. Over 20 tonnes of gold were used to cover the walls of the Most Holy Place; ⁹570 grammes of gold were used for making nails, and the walls of the upper rooms were also covered with gold.