# 1 Kings 6:7

> The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

— 1 Kings 6:7, 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

- Deuteronomy 27:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/27/5
- 1 Peter 2:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/2/5
- Exodus 20:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/20/25
- 1 Kings 5:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/5/17
- Proverbs 24:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/24/27
- Isaiah 42:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/42/2
- Acts 9:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/31
- Romans 9:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/9/23

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).