1 Kings 6:1

Conservative English Version

Solomon's workers started building the temple during Ziv, the second month of the year. It had been four years since Solomon became king of Israel, and four hundred eighty years since the people of Israel left Egypt.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:2

The inside of the LORD's temple was ninety feet long, thirty feet wide, and forty-five feet high.

1 Kings 6:37

Work began on the temple during Ziv, the second month of the year, four years after Solomon became king of Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:19

And give Solomon the desire to completely obey your laws and teachings, and the desire to build the temple for which I have provided these gifts.

1 Chronicles 6:10

(SEE 6:4)

2 Chronicles 3:3

The inside of the temple was ninety feet long and thirty feet wide, according to the older standards.

Ezra 5:11

They claimed to be servants of the God who rules heaven and earth. And they said they were rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago by one of Israel's greatest kings.

Psalm 78:69

There he built his temple as lofty as the mountains and as solid as the earth that he had made to last forever.

Exodus 12:41

(SEE 12:40)

Exodus 12:51

And on that same day the LORD brought Israel's families and tribes out of Egypt.

Ezekiel 41:1

Next we went into the main room of the temple. The man measured the doorway of this room: It was ten feet wide,

Haggai 1:8

But first, go to the hills and get wood for my temple, so I can take pride in it and be worshiped there.

Zechariah 6:15

When people from distant lands come and help build the temple of the LORD All-Powerful, you will know that the LORD is the one who sent me. And this will happen, if you truly obey the LORD your God.

Numbers 1:1

The people of Israel had left Egypt and were living in the Sinai Desert. Then on the first day of the second month of the second year, Moses was in the sacred tent when the LORD said:

Acts 13:19

He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave their land to our people.

Acts 7:47

And it was finally King Solomon who built a house for God.

1 Corinthians 6:19

You surely know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit lives. The Spirit is in you and is a gift from God. You are no longer your own.

2 Corinthians 6:16

Do idols belong in the temple of God? We are the temple of the living God, as God himself says, "I will live with these people and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people."

Colossians 2:7

Plant your roots in Christ and let him be the foundation for your life. Be strong in your faith, just as you were taught. And be grateful.

Hebrews 11:10

Abraham did this, because he was waiting for the eternal city that God had planned and built.

Hebrews 9:11

Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are now here. He also went into a much better tent that wasn't made by humans and that doesn't belong to this world.

1 Peter 2:5

And now you are living stones that are being used to build a spiritual house. You are also a group of holy priests, and with the help of Jesus Christ you will offer sacrifices that please God.

Judges 11:26

For three hundred years, Israelites have been living in Heshbon and Aroer and the nearby villages, and in the towns along the Arnon River gorge. If the land really belonged to you Ammonites, you wouldn't have waited until now to try to get it back.