At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace,
In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.
It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace.
When Solomon had finished building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do,
Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them.