# 1 Kings 6:12

> “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.

— 1 Kings 6:12, Berean Standard Bible

## 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

- 1 Chronicles 22:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/22/10
- Colossians 1:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/colossians/1/23
- 2 Samuel 7:12-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/7/12
- 1 Kings 3:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/3/14
- 1 Kings 9:3-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/9/3
- Psalms 132:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/132/12

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6/12
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).