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Then Solomon began to build ... He prepared ... He began ... that Solomon laid
The readers should understand that Solomon probably commanded other people to do the actual work. AT: "Then Solomon's workers began to build ... They prepared ... They began ... that Solomon's workers laid" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
the second day of the second month
"day 2 of month 2." This is the second month of the Hebrew calendar. The second day is near the middle of April on Western calendars. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
in the fourth year
"in year 4" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)