1 Kings 6:37

In the fourth year, was laid the foundation of the house of Yahweh,—in the month Zif;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 he built the inner court, with three rows of hewn stone,—and a row of beams of cedar.

38and, in the eleventh year, in the month Bul—the same, is the eighth month, was the house finished, as to all the particulars thereof, and as to all the appointments thereof,—so then he built it in seven years.

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Cross References

1 Kings 6:1And so it came to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year, by the coming forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year (in the month of Zif, the same, being the second month) of the reign of Solomon over Israel, that he began to build the house unto Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 3:2And he began to build, in the second month, on the second, in the fourth year of his reign.

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 →

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