So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple’s construction.
2 Chronicles 8:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised All of Solomon’s work was carried out from the day the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple until it was finished. So the Lord’s temple was completed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day the foundation of the Lord's house was laid until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed. American Standard Version (1901) Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed. Common English Bible All Solomon’s work was carried out from the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid until its completion. Then the LORD’s temple was completely finished. Catholic Public Domain Version Solomon had all the expenses prepared, from the day on which he founded the house of the Lord, even until the day when he perfected it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Solomon had all charges prepared, from the day that he founded the house of the Lord, until the day wherein he finished it. |
So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the temple’s construction.
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.
The temple’s construction used finished stones cut at the quarry so that no hammer, chisel, or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests and the Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasuries.
At that time Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the seashore in the land of Edom.