1 Kings 6:1

Easy To Read Version

So Solomon began to build the temple. This was 480 years [30] after the people of Israel left Egypt. This was during Solomon’s fourth year as king of Israel. It was in the month of Ziv, the second month of the year.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:2

The temple was 60 cubits [31] long, 20 cubits [32] wide, and 30 cubits [33] high.

1 Kings 6:37

They started working on the temple in the month of Ziv, the second month of the year. This was during Solomon’s fourth year as king of the Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:19

And help my son Solomon be true to you.\par Help him always obey your commands, laws, and rules.\par Help Solomon to do these things.\par and help him build this capital city\par that I have planned.”\par

1 Chronicles 6:10

Johanan was Azariah’s father. (Azariah is the person that served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.)

2 Chronicles 3:3

These are the measurements Solomon used for building the foundation of God’s temple. {\cf2\super [25]} The foundation was 60 cubits {\cf2\super [26]} long and 20 cubits {\cf2\super [27]} wide. Solomon used the old cubit measure when he measured the temple.

Ezra 5:11

This is the answer they gave us:

Psalm 78:69

God built his holy temple\par high on that mountain.\par God built his holy temple to last forever,\par just like the earth.\par

Exodus 12:41

After 430 years, to the very day, all the armies of the Lord [76] left Egypt.

Ezekiel 41:1

Then the man led me into the Holy Place. He measured the walls on either side of the room. Those side walls were 6 cubits {\cf2\super [360]} thick on each side.

Haggai 1:8

Go up to the mountains to get the wood. And build the temple. {\cf2\super [3]} Then I will be pleased with the temple, and I will be honored.” The Lord said these things.

Zechariah 6:15

People living far away will come and build the temple. Then you will know for sure that the Lord sent me to you people. All these things will happen if you do what the Lord says.”

Numbers 1:1

The Lord spoke to Moses in the Meeting Tent. [1] This was in the Sinai Desert. It was on the first day of the second month of the second year after the people of Israel left Egypt. The Lord said to Moses:

Acts 13:19

God destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan. He gave their land to his people.

Acts 7:47

But Solomon (David’s son) was the person who built the temple.

1 Corinthians 6:19

You should know that your body is a temple (house) for the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [40]} The Holy Spirit is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. You don’t own yourselves.

2 Corinthians 6:16

From this time on we don’t think of any person like the world thinks of people. It is true that in the past we thought of Christ like the world thinks. But we don’t think that way now.

Colossians 2:7

You must depend on Christ only. Life and strength come from him. You were taught the truth. You must continue to be sure of that true teaching. And always be thankful.

Hebrews 11:10

Abraham was waiting for the city {\cf2\super [145]} that has real foundations. He was waiting for the city that is planned and built by God.

Hebrews 9:11

But Christ has already come to be the high priest. {\cf2\super [104]} He is the high priest of the good things we now have. But Christ does not serve in a place like the tent that those other priests served in. Christ serves in a place that is better than that tent. It is more perfect. And that place is not made by men. It does not belong to this world.

1 Peter 2:5

You also are like living stones. God is using you to build a spiritual temple. {\cf2\super [14]} You are to serve God in that temple as holy {\cf2\super [15]} priests. You are to give spiritual sacrifices {\cf2\super [16]} to God that he will accept because of Jesus Christ.

Judges 11:26

The people of Israel have lived in the city of Heshbon and the towns around it for 300 years. The people of Israel have lived in the city of Aroer and the towns around it for 300 years. The people of Israel have lived in all of the cities along the side of the Arnon River for 300 years. Why have you not tried to take these cities in all that time?