1 Kings 6:37

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

1 Kings 6:1

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 and eighty years since the people of Israel left Egypt.

1 Kings 6:38

Seven years later the workers finished building it during Bul, the eighth month of the year. It was built exactly as it had been planned.

1 Kings 9:1

The LORD's temple and Solomon's palace were now finished, and Solomon had built everything he wanted.

1 Kings 9:10

It took twenty years for the LORD's temple and Solomon's palace to be built.

2 Chronicles 8:16

Everything Solomon had planned to do was now finished—from the laying of the temple's foundation to its completion.