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

35On them he carved angels, palm trees, and flowers. He evenly covered them with gold. 36He built the inner courtyard with three courses of finished stones and a course of finished cedar beams. In the month of Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid. 38In the month of Bul (the eighth month) of the eleventh year ⌞of his reign⌟, the temple was finished according to all its plans and specifications. He spent seven years building it.

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 Israel left Egypt. He began building in the month of Ziv (the second month) of the fourth year of his reign over Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 3:2He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

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