1 Kings 7:1 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 7:1

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

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ASV

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

WEB

Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

YLT

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

DBT

And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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1 Kings 9:10
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king’s house,
2 Chronicles 8:1
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,
Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
1 Kings 6:38
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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Solomon was building his own house thirteen years--The time occupied in building his palace was nearly double that spent in the erection of the temple [1Ki 6:38], because neither had there been the same previous preparations for it, nor was there the same urgency as in providing a place of worship, on which the national well-being so much depended.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Thirteen years - Almost double the time to that in which the temple was built; because neither were the materials so far provided and prepared for this, as they were for the temple: nor did either he or his people use the same diligence in this, as in the other work; to which they were quickened by God's express command.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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