1 Kings 6:37
35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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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,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 6:1
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
Read in context2 Chronicles 3:2
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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