2 Chronicles 3:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Solomon started to build on the second day of the second month of his fourth year as king of Israel.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:1

So in the month of Ziv, the second month of the year, during Solomon’s fourth year as king, he began work on the Temple. This was 480 years after the Israelites left Egypt.

2 Chronicles 3:1

Solomon began building the Lord’s Temple at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David, Solomon’s father. This was the place David had prepared for the Temple. It had been the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Chronicles 3:3

These are the measurements he used for building the foundation of God’s Temple, using the old cubit. The foundation was 60 cubits long and 20 cubits wide.