1 Kings 6:37

1 Kings 6:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:
• New International Version (NIV)The foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.

Context of 1 Kings 6:37

35He cut pictures of cherubs, palm trees and flowers on those doors too. He covered them with gold in the same way. 36Solomon also built a yard around the temple building. The wall around the yard had three rows of special stones, then a row of cedar beams, and so on. They built the foundation of the Lord's temple in the fourth year that Solomon was king. It was in the month called Ziv. 38They finished building the temple in the 11th year that Solomon was king. It was the eighth month, the month called Bul. So they built the temple in seven years, exactly as the plans showed that it should be.

1 Kings 6:37 word by word

בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הָֽרְבִיעִ֔ית יֻסַּ֖ד בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּיֶ֖רַח זִֽו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In the fourthרְבִיעִיrebîy‛îy rebi‛îy · fourthH7243
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• was the foundationיָסַדyâsad · to foundH3245
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• in the monthיֶ֫רַחyerach · monthH3391
• Zifזִוziv · ZivH2099

Cross-references for 1 Kings 6:37

• 1 Kings 6:1Solomon began to build the Lord's temple 480 years after the Israelites had left Egypt. It was in the fourth year that he had ruled Israel as king. He started the work in the month called Ziv, the second month of the year.
• 2 Chronicles 3:2Solomon began to build the temple on the second day of the second month of the fourth year that he ruled Israel as king.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 6:37

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-38Verses 15-38 See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical temple. It grows to a holy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-38The inner courtyard around the temple was only for priests (2 Chronicles 4:9). It had the bronze altar (2 Chronicles 4:1), the bronze Sea (1 Kings 7:23–26; 2 Chronicles 4:2–5), and ten carts. Each cart could hold a basin of water for purification (1 Kings 7:27–40; 2 Chronicles 4:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3737. In the fourth year was the foundation laid--The building was begun in the second month of the fourth year and completed in the eighth month of the eleventh year of Solomon's reign, comprising a period of seven and a half years, which is reckoned here in round numbers. It was not a very large, but a very splendid building, requiring great care, and ingenuity, and division of labor. The immense number of workmen employed, together with the previous…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 6:37

• Church
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• Temple

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Commentaries on 1 Kings 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings