1 Kings 6:37
In the fourth yeere was the foundation of the house of the Lord layed in the moneth of Zif:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
In Context
36And hee built the court within with three rowes of hewed stone, and one rowe of beames of cedar.
Cross References
1 Kings 6:1And in the foure hundreth and foure score yeere (after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt) and in the fourth yere of the reigne of Salomon ouer Israel, in the moneth Zif, (which is the second moneth) he built the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 3:2And he beganne to buylde in the seconde moneth and the second day, in the fourth yeere of his reigne.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:16-38
15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 18 And the cedar of the… Read the whole commentary →