# 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.

— 1 Kings 6:38, Berean Standard Bible

## 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 Kings 7:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/7/1
- Ezra 3:8-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/3/8
- Ezra 6:14-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/6/14
- Zechariah 4:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/4/9

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6/38
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).