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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• 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.

Context of 1 Kings 6:38

36He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams. 37In the fourth year, in the month of Ziv, the foundation of the House of Adonai was laid, and in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul (which is the eighth month), the House was completed in all its parts and according to all its details. So he was 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 building and prospering through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and according to the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
• Zechariah 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this House. His hands will also finish it. Then you will know that Adonai-Tzva’ot has sent me to you.
• Zechariah 6:13He will build the Temple of Adonai. He will bear splendor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus He will be a kohen on His throne. So a counsel of shalom will be between them both.
• 1 Kings 6:1Now it came to pass, 480 years after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv (which is the second month), that he began to build Adonai’s House.
• 1 Kings 7:1But it took Solomon 13 years to build and complete his own palace.
• Ezra 3:8In the second month of the second year after they had come to the House of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers—the kohanim, the Levites and all who returned from captivity to Jerusalem—began the work. They appointed the Levites from twenty years of age and older to supervise the work on the House of Adonai.
• Ezra 6:15The Temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
• John 2:20The Judean leaders then said to Him, “Forty-six years this Temple was being built, and You will raise it up 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