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1 Kings 6:38

In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.

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ASV

And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

KJV

And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבַשָּׁנָה֩u.va.sha.Nahand in the yearH8141 →
הָאַחַ֨תha.'a.Chat<the> one [plus]H259 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה'es.RehtenH6240 →
בְּיֶ֣רַחbe.Ye.rachin [the] month ofH3391 →
בּ֗וּלBulBulH945 →
ה֚וּאhu'thatH1931 →
הַחֹ֣דֶשׁha.Cho.desh[was] the monthH2320 →
הַשְּׁמִינִ֔יha.she.mi.Ni<the> eighthH8066 →
כָּלָ֣הka.Lahit was completeH3615 →
הַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
לְכָל־le.kholto allH3605 →
דְּבָרָ֖יוde.va.Ravparts itsH1697 →
וּלְכָל־u.le.khol-and to allH3605 →
מִשְׁפָּטָ֑יוmish.pa.tovplans itsH4941 →
וַיִּבְנֵ֖הוּvai.yiv.Ne.huand he built itH1129 →
שֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'sevenH7651 →
שָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimyearsH8141 →

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1 Kings 6:14So Solomon built the temple and finished it.Ezra 6:14–15So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.Zechariah 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.1 Kings 7:1Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.Ezra 3:8–13In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.1 Kings 6:1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.John 2:20“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”Zechariah 6:13–15Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’1 Kings 6:9So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.1 Kings 9:15This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.1 Kings 9:25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.

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