Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying Pharaoh’s daughter. Solomon brought her to the city of David until he finished building his palace, the Lord’s temple, and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.
1 Kings 9:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the two houses, the Lord’s temple and the royal palace #– # Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the Lord's house and the king's house, American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king’s house Common English Bible It took twenty years for Solomon to build the two structures, the LORD’s temple and the royal palace. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, when twenty years were fulfilled, after Solomon had built the two houses, that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when twenty years were ended after Solomon had built the two houses, that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, |
Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying Pharaoh’s daughter. Solomon brought her to the city of David until he finished building his palace, the Lord’s temple, and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.
The foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid in Solomon’s fourth year in the month of Ziv.
In his eleventh year in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification. So he built it in seven years.
Solomon completed his entire palace complex after thirteen years of construction.
When Solomon finished building the temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all that Solomon desired to do,
King Hiram of Tyre having supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every wish #– #King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.
This is the reply they gave us: We are the servants of the God of the heavens and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.