1 Kings 6:38

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

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

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
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its specifications. So he spent seven years building it.
ASV
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.
DARBY
and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished in all its parts, and according to all the fashion of it. So he was seven years in building it.
BLB
And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, that [is] the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. And he built it seven years.
ÅB
og i det ellevte år i måneden bul det er den åttende måned var huset ferdig i alle sine deler og i ett og alt som det skulle være. Da hadde han bygget på det i syv år.
[^1]: nemlig i det nederste stokkverk.
[^2]: mellom vingespissene.
OTB
I det ellevte året, i måneden Bul (som er den åttende måneden), ble huset ferdigstilt i alle sine deler og i henhold til alle sine planer. Så han bygde det på syv år.
B1930
og i det ellevte år i måneden bul det er den åttende måned var huset ferdig i alle sine deler og i ett og alt som det skulde være. Da hadde han bygget på det i syv år.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 7:1

    Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

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  • Ezra 6:14–15

    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

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  • Zechariah 4:9

    “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.

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  • Ezra 3:8–13

    In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.

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  • Zechariah 6:13–15

    Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’

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  • John 2:20

    “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

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  • 1 Kings 6:9

    So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.

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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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