1 Kings 6:9
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- c. 966 BC
- WHO
- Solomon
WHO APPEARS
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 6:14 So Solomon built the temple and finished it.
- 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.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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