1 Kings 6:38

Easy To Read Version

The temple was finished in the month of Bul, the eighth month of the year. This was during the eleventh year that Solomon ruled over the people. It took seven years to build the temple. The temple was built exactly the way it was planned.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:1

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.

1 Kings 6:14

So Solomon finished building the temple.

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 Kings 6:9

So, Solomon finished building the temple. Every part in the temple was covered with cedar boards.

1 Kings 7:1

King Solomon also built a palace [56] for himself. It took 13 years to finish building Solomon’s palace.

1 Kings 9:10

It took 20 years for King Solomon to build the Lord’s temple and the king’s palace. [121]

1 Chronicles 28:19

David said, “All these plans were written with the Lord guiding me. The Lord helped me understand everything in the plans.”

1 Chronicles 28:20

David also said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and brave and finish this work. Don’t be afraid, because the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will help you until all the work is finished. He will not leave you. You will build the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [311]}

2 Chronicles 8:1

The time it took Solomon to build the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [132]} and his own house was 20 years.

2 Chronicles 8:16

All Solomon’s work was done. It was well planned from the day the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [143]} was begun until the day it was finished. So the Lord’s temple was finished.

Ezra 5:11

This is the answer they gave us:

Exodus 39:32

So all the work on the Holy Tent, [471] that is, the Meeting Tent was finished. The people of Israel did everything exactly like the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39:42

The people of Israel did all this work exactly like the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39:43

Moses looked closely at all the work. Moses saw that the work was done exactly like the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

Zechariah 4:9

“Zerubbabel will lay the foundations for my temple. And Zerubbabel will finish building the temple. Then you will know that the Lord All-Powerful sent me to you people.

John 2:20

The Jews answered, “People worked 46 years to build this temple! Do you really believe you can build it again in three days?”