# that Solomon laid

The readers should understand that Solomon probably commanded other people to do the actual work. Alternate translation: "that Solomon's workers laid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# Now

This word is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here the narrator begins to explain the dimensions and the design of the temple.

# sixty cubits ... twenty cubits

"60 cubits ... 20 cubits." A cubit is 46 centimeters. Alternate translation: "27.6 meters long ... 9.2 meters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bdistance]])