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1 Kings 6:37

35 He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.

36 Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.

38 In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.

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BSB
The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
KJV
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
WEB
The foundation of the LORD’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv.
ASV
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.
DARBY
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Zif;
BLB
In the fourth year of the house of YHWH the foundation was laid, in the month of Ziv.
ÅB
I det fjerde år ble grunnvollen lagt til Herrens hus, i måneden siv,
OTB
I det fjerde året, i måneden Ziv, ble grunnvollen til Herrens hus lagt.
B1930
I det fjerde år blev grunnvollen lagt til Herrens hus, i måneden siv,

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  • 1 Kings 6:1

    In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.

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  • 2 Chronicles 3:2

    Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

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