As in the oracle - This passage is probably corrupt. Our translators, supposing that a single letter had fallen out at the beginning of the …

And he made chains, as in the oracle. —Heb., And he made chainwork in the oracle, or chancel, which is clearly c…

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

A more detailed account of the building of the temple is found in 1 Kings 6. It was to be in the place David had prepared—not only the place he had…