1 Kings 9:10

New Living Translation

It took Solomon twenty years to build the Lord’s Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,

Cross References

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and married one of his daughters. He brought her to live in the City of David until he could finish building his palace and the Temple of the Lord and the wall around the city.

1 Kings 6:37

The foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.

1 Kings 6:38

The entire building was completed in every detail by midautumn, in the month of Bul, during the eleventh year of his reign. So it took seven years to build the Temple.

1 Kings 7:1

Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction.

1 Kings 9:1

So Solomon finished building the Temple of the Lord, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do.

1 Kings 9:11

he gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to King Hiram of Tyre. (Hiram had previously provided all the cedar and cypress timber and gold that Solomon had requested.)

Ezra 5:11

“This was their answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple that was built here many years ago by a great king of Israel.