1 Kings 7:1 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 7:1

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years,.... He made more haste with the house of God than with his own, for that was but seven years in building; which showed greater regard to the honour of God then to his own glory, or even convenience; nor was this built till after that: and finished all his house; or houses he undertook to build, the singular for the plural; even the house of God, his own palace, and that for the daughter of Pharaoh, and that which is next mentioned, which were in all twenty years building, 1Ki 9:10.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Thirteen years - The thirteen years, i. e., counting from the end of the seven 1Ki 6:38. Solomon’s buildings thus occupied him twenty years 1Ki 9:10; 2Ch 8:1, from the fourth year of his reign to the twenty-fourth. The difference in the time taken by the temple and the palace is to be accounted for, (1) by the long period of preparation which preceded the actual building of the former 1Ch 22:2-4; 1Ki 5:13-18; and (2) by the greater size of the palace, which consisted of several large ranges of buildings. (See the next note.)

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11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בֵּיתוֹ֙	bei.To	own house his	H1004 →
בָּנָ֣ה	ba.Nah	he built	H1129 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
שְׁלֹ֥שׁ	she.Losh	thir-	H7969 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה	'es.Reh	teen	H6240 →
שָׁנָ֑ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
וַיְכַ֖ל	vay.Khal	and he completed	H3615 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
בֵּיתֽוֹ׃	bei.To	house his	H1004 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
leads to
- Luke 12:31
  But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
- Matthew 5:6
  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- John 6:27
  Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of…
- Psalms 34:9–10
  Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
- Psalms 84:11–12
  For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Through
1 Kings 3:1
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the…
leads to
- 1 Kings 9:24
  As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
Through
1 Kings 9:10
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,
leads to
- 1 Kings 6:37
  The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
- 1 Kings 9:1
  Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.

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