1 Kings 7:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Solomon was thirteen years building a house for himself till it was complete.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.

1 Kings 6:38

And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the building of the house was complete in every detail, as it had been designed. So he was seven years building it.

1 Kings 9:1

Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

1 Kings 9:10

Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house,

2 Chronicles 8:1

Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the house of the Lord and a house for himself,

Matthew 6:33

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.