2 Chronicles 8:1

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

Cross References

1 Kings 7:1

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

2 Chronicles 8:2

Then Solomon rebuilt the towns that Hiram gave him and then moved Israelites into those towns to live there.

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 9:1

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