1 Kings 6:38
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.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- c. 966 BC
WHEN
c. 966 BC
dated by the text itself
The verse on which the whole chronology of the Old Testament rests: it is the only one that gives a span in years between the Exodus and a datable event.
WHO RULED
- Solomon king of Israel 970-931 BC
SOURCES
- date — 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.
- Solomon — 1 Kings 11:42; the annals of Tyre cited by Josephus in Against Apion I
SEE ALSO
- 1 Kings 7:1 Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.
- Ezra 3:8-13 In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their…
- Ezra 6:14-15 So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of…
- Zechariah 4:9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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