Solomon Builds the Temple(A)

And (B)it came to pass in the four hundred and [a]eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of [b]Ziv, which is the second month, (C)that he began to build the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX fortieth
  2. 1 Kings 6:1 Or Ayyar, April or May

38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of [a]Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was (A)seven years in building it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:38 Or Heshvan, October or November

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