1 Kings 7:1

And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

In Context

2And he buildeth the house of the forest of Lebanon; a hundred cubits [is] its length, and fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar-beams on the pillars;

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Cross References

1 Kings 9:10And it cometh to pass, at the end of twenty years, that Solomon hath built the two houses, the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king.

Ecclesiastes 2:4I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:1

As, in the story of David, one chapter of wars and victories follows another, so, in the story of Solomon, one chapter concerning his buildings follows another. In this chapter we have, I. His fitting up several buildings for himself and his own use, ver. 1-12 . II. His furnishing the temple which he had built for God, 1. With two pillars, ver. 13-22 . 2. With a molten sea, ver. 23-26 . 3. With ten basins of brass ( ver. 27-37 ), and ten layers upon them, ver. 38, 39 . 4. With all the other utensils of the temple,… Read the whole commentary →

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