Text -- 1 Kings 6:1-2 (NET)

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple. 6:2 The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ki 6:1

¹ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

NET Notes: 1Ki 6:2

¹ tn Heb “sixty cubits.” A cubit was a unit of measure roughly equivalent to 18 inches or 45 cm. Measurements in vv. 2-10 have been converted to feet in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “twenty cubits.”

³ tn Heb “thirty cubits.”