1 Kings 6:37
What does 1 Kings 6:37 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 6:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.
KJV
King James Version · 1611In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862In the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, in the month Zif,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded, in the month Zio:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Zif;
Context
v.36And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
v.37This passage
v.38And 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 6:1
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come 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 the house of Jehovah.
- 2 Chronicles 3:2
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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