1 Kings 6:38

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

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  • 1 Kgs 6:1 : 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 Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
  • 1 Kgs 6:9 : 9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
  • 1 Kgs 7:1 : 1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
  • Ezra 3:8-9 : 8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD. 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. 10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: 13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
  • Ezra 6:14-15 : 14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
  • Zech 4:9 : 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
  • Zech 6:13-15 : 13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. 14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. 15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
  • John 2:20 : 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 6:36-37
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    83%

    36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

    37In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-3
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    80%

    1And 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 Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

    2And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

    3And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

  • Ezra 6:15
    78%

    15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9-11
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    77%

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

    10And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

    11And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 7:1-2
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    77%

    1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

    2He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    76%

    16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    76%

    1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

  • 1 Kgs 6:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

    6The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

    7And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

  • 1 Kgs 6:14-18
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    76%

    14So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

    15And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

    16And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

    17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

    18And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

  • Ezra 5:16
    74%

    16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

  • Ezra 6:3-4
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    74%

    3In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

    4With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king's house:

  • 2 Chr 3:2-3
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    2And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

    3Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

  • Neh 6:15
    73%

    15So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
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    10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

  • 2 Chr 7:11
    72%

    11Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

  • Ezra 3:6
    72%

    6From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.

  • 2 Chr 29:17
    72%

    17Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

  • Hag 1:15
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    15In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

  • 2 Chr 31:7
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    7In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    72%

    6Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
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    1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

  • Ezra 5:13
    72%

    13But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    71%

    10The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • Ezek 41:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.

    13So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;

  • Ezra 7:8
    71%

    8And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

  • Hag 1:8
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    8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
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    13So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

  • Ezek 41:5
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    5After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.

  • Ezek 41:8
    71%

    8I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

  • 2 Chr 29:3
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    3He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

  • Ezra 3:8
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    8Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

  • Hag 1:2
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    2Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.

  • 2 Chr 2:6
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    6But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

  • 2 Chr 2:1
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    1And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 7:10
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    10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.