1 Kings 7:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Kgs 9:10 : 10 And 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 8:1 : 1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house,
  • Eccl 2:4-5 : 4 I made great works; I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made gardens and orchards for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
  • 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 And Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall around Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    14So Solomon built the house and finished it.

    15And he built the walls of the house inside with cedar boards, from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling; 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 cedar boards; he even built it inside for the oracle, for the most holy place.

    17And the house, that is, the temple in front, was forty cubits long.

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

    10And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that the LORD had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people.

    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 accomplished.

    12And the LORD appeared to Solomon by 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%

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

  • 1 Kgs 7:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

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

    3And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams that lay on forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

  • Acts 7:47
    79%

    47But Solomon built Him a house.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    78%

    16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

  • 1 Kgs 9:10
    78%

    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,

  • 1 Kgs 6:38
    77%

    38And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its design. Thus he took seven years in building it.

  • 1 Kgs 6:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year 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 of 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, its length was sixty cubits, and its width twenty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

    3And the porch in front of the temple of the house was twenty cubits long, according to the width of the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
    77%

    1And it happened, when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires which he was pleased to do,

  • 2 Chr 2:1
    77%

    1And Solomon resolved to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    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 were supported by cedar timbers.

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

    12As for this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and execute my judgments and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will fulfill my word with you, which I spoke to David your father:

  • 2 Chr 3:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

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

    2And he began to build on 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 according to the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.

  • 1 Kgs 7:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment, and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

    8And his house where he lived had another court inside the porch, of similar workmanship. Solomon also made a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken as a wife, like this porch.

    9All these were made of costly stones, cut to size, sawed with saws, inside and out, from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside toward the great court.

  • 1 Kgs 7:51
    73%

    51Thus was completed all the work that King Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated: the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and he put them among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 9:25
    73%

    25Three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built to the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    72%

    13I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    72%

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

  • 1 Kgs 5:18
    72%

    18And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the stonecutters quarried them; so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

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

    12And the great court all around was with three rows of cut stones and a row of cedar beams, for the inner court of the house of the LORD and for the porch of the house.

    13And King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre.

  • 1 Kgs 9:15
    71%

    15This is the reason for the levy which king Solomon raised; to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Chr 22:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5And David said, Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all nations: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

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

    7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God:

  • 1 Kgs 10:4
    71%

    4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that 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 came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    70%

    2But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling forever.

  • 1 Kgs 11:42
    70%

    42And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was 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%

    13So he measured the house, one hundred cubits long; and the separate place and the building, with its walls, were one hundred cubits long;

  • 1 Chr 14:1
    69%

    1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber, masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

  • 2 Chr 5:1
    69%

    1Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished; and Solomon brought in all the things that his father David had dedicated: the silver, the gold, and all the instruments, he placed among the treasures of the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 7:8
    69%

    8At the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the river of Egypt.