1 Kings 6:38

36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

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.

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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

    But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

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  • Ezra 6:14–15

    And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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  • Zechariah 4:9

    The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.

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  • Ezra 3:8–13

    Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

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  • Zechariah 6:13–15

    Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

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  • John 2:20

    Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

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  • 1 Kings 6:9

    So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

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  • 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.

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