# 1 Kings 6:1

> In 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.

— 1 Kings 6:1, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt

## Who appears

- **Solomon** (the one who built the temple) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/solomon

## When

- c. 966 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 1 Kings 6:1 dates the founding of the Temple by the four hundred and eightieth year after the Exodus and by the fourth year of Solomon.

## Who ruled

- **Solomon**, king of Israel, 970-931 BC · Source: 1 Kings 11:42; the annals of Tyre cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- 2 Chronicles 3:1-2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/3/1
- Acts 7:47 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/47
- 1 Kings 6:37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6/37
- 1 Chronicles 29:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/29/19
- 1 Peter 2:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/2/5

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## Questions linked to this verse

- According to 1 Kings, which king began to build the house of the LORD? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aad-7ed6-891a-22604639f4a9

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6/1
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).