Thus allthe workof Solomonwas carriedout from the dayof the foundationof the houseof the LORD,and untilit was finished.So the houseof the LORDwas completed.
So Solomon'sbuildersand Hiram'sbuildersand the Gebalitescutthem, and preparedthe timbersand the stonesto buildthe house.
In the fourthyearthe foundationof the houseof the LORDwas laid,in the monthof Ziv.
In the eleventhyear,in the monthof Bul,whichis the eighthmonth,the housewas finishedthroughout allits partsand according to allits plans.So he was sevenyearsin buildingit.
The house,while it was being built,was builtof stonepreparedat the quarry,and there was neitherhammernoraxenoranyirontoolheardin the housewhile it was being built.
And they did not departfrom the commandmentof the kingto the priestsand Levitesin anymanneror concerning the storehouses.
ThenSolomonwentto Ezion-geberand to Elothon the seashorein the landof Edom.
