37 The foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid in Solomon’s fourth year in the month of Ziv. 38 In his eleventh year in the eighth month, in the month of Bul,(a) the temple was completed in every detail and according to every specification.(A) So he built it in seven years.(B)

Footnotes:

a. 1 Kings 6:38: October–November

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