KJV King James Version
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
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1 Kings 6:38
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
WEB World English Bible
In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its fashion. So was he seven years in building it.
ASV American Standard Version
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul—that is the eighth month—hath the house been finished in all its matters, and in all its ordinances, and he buildeth it seven years.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 6
35 And he carved [thereon] cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered [them] with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבַשָּׁנָה֩H8141 · sha.nehyearהָאַחַ֨תH259 · e.chadoneעֶשְׂרֵ֜הH6240 · a.sartenבְּיֶ֣רַחH3391 · ye.rachmonthבּ֗וּלH945 · bulBulה֚וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itהַחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהַשְּׁמִינִ֔יH8066 · she.mi.nieighthכָּלָ֣הH3615 · ka.lahto end: finishהַבַּ֔יִתH1004 · betplaceלְכָל־H3605 · kolallדְּבָרָ֖יוH1697 · da.varwordוּלְכָל־H3605 · kolallמִשְׁפָּטָ֑יוH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementוַיִּבְנֵ֖הוּH1129 · ba.nahto buildשֶׁ֥בַעH7651 · she.vasevenשָׁנִֽים׃H8141 · sha.nehyear
Cross-references
Ezra 6:14-15And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished [it], according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.Ezra 3:8-13Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.1 Kings 7:1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.Zechariah 4:9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.John 2:20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?1 Kings 6:9So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.Zechariah 6:13-15Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.1 Kings 6:1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
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