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General Information:
The narrator describes the temple and its dimensions. This description continues through 1 Kings 6:38.
Solomon began to build
Solomon would have commanded his workers to do the building. Alternate translation: "Solomon commanded his workers to begin building" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
480th ... fourth
These are the ordinal forms of 480 and 4. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
in the month of Ziv, which is the second month
"Ziv" is the name of the second month of the Hebrew calendar. It is during the last part of April and the first part of May on Western calendars. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)