1Ki 6:1-2 | ESV | STEP | In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt , in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel , in the month of Ziv , which is the second month , he began to build the house of the Lord .

‏ 1 Kings 6:1-2

Solomon Builds the Temple

1 ^aIn the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, ^bhe began to build the house of the Lord. 2 ^cThe house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.