2 Chronicles 3:2

God's Word

He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:1

Solomon began to build the Lord’s temple 480 years after Israel left Egypt. He began building in the month of Ziv (the second month) of the fourth year of his reign over Israel.

2 Chronicles 3:1

Solomon began to build the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to his father David. There David had prepared the site on the threshing floor  of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 Chronicles 3:3

This is how Solomon laid the foundation to build God’s temple. It was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide. (They used the old standard measurement.)