1 Kings 6:38

1 Kings 6:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The entire building was completed in every detail by midautumn, in the month of Bul, during the eleventh year of his reign. So it took seven years to build the Temple.

Context of 1 Kings 6:38

36And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams. 37The foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv. In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.

1 Kings 6:38 word by word

וּבַשָּׁנָה֩ הָאַחַ֨ת עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה בְּיֶ֣רַח בּ֗וּל ה֚וּא הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י כָּלָ֣ה הַבַּ֔יִת לְכָל־דְּבָרָ֖יו וּלְכָל־מִשְׁפָּטָ֑יו וַיִּבְנֵ֖הוּ שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in the eleventhעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• And in the eleventhאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• in the monthיֶ֫רַחyerach · monthH3391
• Bulבּוּלbûl · BulH945
• the eighthשְׁמִינִיshemîynîy · eighthH8066
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• was the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• finishedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
• throughout all the partsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• thereof, and according to all the fashionמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: customH4941
• of it. So was he sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• in buildingבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129

Cross-references for 1 Kings 6:38

• Ezra 6:14So the elders of the Jews continued to build and prosper under the preaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the temple according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
• Zechariah 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.
• Zechariah 6:13It is he who will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.’
• 1 Kings 6:1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the Lord.
• 1 Kings 7:1It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace.
• Ezra 3:8In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old and older to supervise the building of the house of the Lord.
• Ezra 6:15The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
• John 2:20They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?”

Commentaries on 1 Kings 6:38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 38In the eleventh year - was the house finished - It is rather strange that this house required seven years and about six months to put all the stones and the timbers in their places, for we have already seen that they were all prepared before they came to Jerusalem; but the ornamenting, gilding, or overlaying with gold, making the carved work, cherubim, trees, flowers, etc., must have consumed a considerable time. The month Bul answers to a part of our…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38Seven years - More exactly, “seven years and six months,” since Zif was the second, and Bul the eighth month. 1 Kings 6:1.Read the comment
• 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. 38In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul: The year was 960 BC.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 6:38

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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