The temple was finished in the month of Bul, the eighth month of the year. This was during the eleventh year that Solomon ruled over the people. It took seven years to build the temple. The temple was built exactly the way it was planned.
2 Chronicles 8:1 - Easy To Read Version The time it took Solomon to build the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [132]} and his own house was 20 years. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AT THE end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house, American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house, Common English Bible After twenty years of building the LORD’s temple and his royal palace, Catholic Public Domain Version Then, twenty years having passed since Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And at the end of twenty years after Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house: |
The temple was finished in the month of Bul, the eighth month of the year. This was during the eleventh year that Solomon ruled over the people. It took seven years to build the temple. The temple was built exactly the way it was planned.
King Solomon also built a palace [56] for himself. It took 13 years to finish building Solomon’s palace.
So Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and his own palace. Solomon built all the things that he wanted to build.
Then Solomon built again the towns that Hiram gave him. And Solomon allowed some of the people of Israel to live in those towns.