1 Kings 9:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

It took 20 years for King Solomon to build the Lord’s Temple and the king’s palace.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:37

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

1 Kings 9:1

So Solomon finished building the Lord’s Temple and his own palace. Solomon built everything that he wanted to build.

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon made a peace treaty with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David. This was when Solomon was still building his palace, the Temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem.

1 Kings 6:38

The Temple was finished in the month of Bul, the eighth month of the year, in Solomon’s eleventh year as king. It took seven years to build the Temple. It was built exactly as planned.

1 Kings 7:1

King Solomon also built a palace for himself. It took 13 years to build Solomon’s palace.

1 Kings 9:11

Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar, pine and gold that he wanted, so Solomon gave him 20 cities in Galilee.

Ezra 5:11

This is the answer they gave us: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the Temple that a great king of Israel built and finished many years ago.