KJV King James Version
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
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1 Kings 7:1
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.
WEB World English Bible
Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
ASV American Standard Version
And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 7
1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
3 And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] a row.
4 And [there were] windows [in] three rows, and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.
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1 Kings 9:10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king’s house,2 Chronicles 8:1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,Ecclesiastes 2:4-5I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.1 Kings 3:1And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
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