1 Kings 7:1

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Solomon built his palace over the course of thirteen years, completing its construction entirely.

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  • 1 Kgs 9:10 : 10 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the temple of the LORD and the royal palace,
  • 2 Chr 8:1 : 1 After twenty years during which Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house,
  • Eccl 2:4-5 : 4 I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. 5 I made gardens and parks for myself and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
  • 1 Kgs 3:1 : 1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his own house, the house of the LORD, and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 6:14-17
    4 verses
    83%

    14So Solomon built the house and completed it.

    15He built the walls of the house on the inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the house to the ceiling, overlaying the interior with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with cypress planks.

    16He built twenty cubits at the rear of the house with cedar boards, from the floor to the walls, to form the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

    17The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was forty cubits long.

  • 2 Chr 7:10-12
    3 verses
    81%

    10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad of heart because of the goodness the LORD had shown to David, to Solomon, and to His people Israel.

    11So Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he successfully accomplished everything he had planned to do for the house of the LORD and for his own house.

    12Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    81%

    1After twenty years during which Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house,

  • 1 Kgs 7:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2He constructed the House of the Forest of Lebanon, which was one hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, supported by four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on top of the columns.

    3It was paneled with cedar above the chambers that rested on the forty-five pillars, with fifteen pillars in each row.

  • Acts 7:47
    79%

    47But it was Solomon who built Him a house.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    78%

    16So all of Solomon’s work was carried out until the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid and until it was completed. The house of the Lord was finished perfectly.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    78%

    10At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the temple of the LORD and the royal palace,

  • 1 Kgs 6:38
    77%

    38In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul (the eighth month), the house was completed in every detail according to its specifications. Solomon built it in seven years.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1In the four hundred eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (the second month), he began building the house of the LORD.

    2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

    3The vestibule in front of the main hall of the house was twenty cubits long, extending along the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    77%

    1When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and everything he desired to accomplish,

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    77%

    1Solomon assigned seventy thousand men to carry burdens, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee them.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    9So he built the house and finished it, and he covered the house with beams and rows of cedar boards.

    10He also built the annex against the entire house, five cubits high, and it was attached to the house with cedar beams.

    11Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

    12Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and carry out my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

  • 2 Chr 3:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Then Solomon began building the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    2He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

    3These are the measurements that Solomon laid for building the house of God: sixty cubits long, according to the old standard, and twenty cubits wide.

  • 1 Kgs 7:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7He also made the Hall of the Throne, known as the Hall of Judgment, where he would judge. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the ceiling.

    8His own palace where he would reside, in another court behind the Hall, was built similarly. Solomon also built a palace for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married, following the same design as the Hall.

    9All these buildings were made from costly stones, cut to size and sawed with a saw, from the foundations to the coping, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

  • 1 Kgs 7:51
    73%

    51So all the work King Solomon did for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 9:25
    73%

    25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense before the LORD with them, and so he fulfilled the temple obligations.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    72%

    13I have indeed built a high and exalted house for You, a place where You may dwell forever.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    72%

    3When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
    72%

    18But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune.

  • 1 Kgs 7:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of hewn stone and one row of cedar beams, similar in design to the inner courtyard of the Lord's house and its portico.

    13King Solomon sent for Hiram from Tyre.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    71%

    15This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5David said, 'My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent to promote His name and glory throughout all lands. Therefore, I will make preparations for it.' So David made extensive preparations before his death.

    6Then he called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

    7David said to Solomon, 'My son, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.'

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    71%

    4When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

  • 2 Chr 9:30
    70%

    30Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

  • 2 Chr 1:13
    70%

    13Then Solomon returned from the high place at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    70%

    2And I have built a lofty house for You, a place for You to dwell forever.

  • 1 Kgs 11:42
    70%

    42Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

  • 2 Sam 7:13
    70%

    13He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

  • Ezek 41:13
    70%

    13Then he measured the temple. It was one hundred cubits long, and the separate courtyard, building, and its walls were also one hundred cubits long.

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    69%

    1King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar wood, stonemasons, and carpenters to build him a palace.

  • 2 Chr 5:1
    69%

    1So all the work that Solomon did for the temple of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the holy items dedicated by his father David— the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 7:8
    69%

    8So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him— a vast assembly from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt.