Bible verse

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 6:37 · BSB

1 Kings 6:37 in context

The verses around it, from 1 Kings 6.

33 In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.

34 The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.

35 He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.

36 Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

37 The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.

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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1 Kings 6:37 in other translations

KJV

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

ASV

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.

ERV

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv.

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