1 Kings 9:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon signed a treaty with the king of Egypt and married his daughter. She lived in the older part of Jerusalem until the palace, the LORD's temple, and the wall around Jerusalem were completed.

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 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 7:1

Solomon's palace took thirteen years to build.

1 Kings 9:1

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

1 Kings 9:11

Later, Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty towns in the region of Galilee to repay him for the cedar, pine, and gold he had given Solomon.

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.