1 Kings 6:37

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In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign the foundation was laid for the LORD’s temple.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 6:1 : 1 The Building of the Temple In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv(the second month), he began building the LORD’s temple.
  • 2 Chr 3:2 : 2 He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

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  • 1 Kgs 6:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1 The Building of the Temple In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv(the second month), he began building the LORD’s temple.

    2 The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

  • 1 Kgs 6:38
    83%

    38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul(the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.

  • 1 Kgs 6:36
    78%

    36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.

  • 2 Chr 3:1-2
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    77%

    1 The Building of the Temple Solomon began building the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

  • Ezra 3:6
    77%

    6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD. However, the LORD’s temple was not at that time established.

  • Ezra 6:3-4
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    3 In the first year of his reign, King Cyrus gave orders concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem:‘Let the temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered. Let its foundations be set in place. Its height is to be ninety feet and its width ninety feet,

    4 with three layers of large stones and one layer of timber. The expense is to be subsidized by the royal treasury.

  • Hag 1:15
    76%

    15 This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year.

  • Ezra 6:15
    75%

    15 They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

  • 2 Chr 31:7
    74%

    7 In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps and finished in the seventh month.

  • Ezra 5:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16 Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’

    17 “Now if the king is so inclined, let a search be conducted in the royal archives there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”

  • Ezra 3:8
    74%

    8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, along with the rest of their associates, the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed the Levites who were at least twenty years old to take charge of the work on the LORD’s temple.

  • Zech 4:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 Moreover, the LORD’s message came to me as follows:

    9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple, and his hands will complete it.” Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me to you.

  • Zech 7:1
    73%

    1 The Hypocrisy of False Fasting In King Darius’ fourth year, on the fourth day of Kislev, the ninth month, the LORD’s message came to Zechariah.

  • 1 Kgs 6:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5 He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

    6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

    7 As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built.

  • 1 Kgs 6:17
    72%

    17 The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

  • Hag 1:2
    72%

    2 The Indifference of the People This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:“These people have said,‘The time for rebuilding the LORD’s temple has not yet come.’”

  • Ezra 5:13
    71%

    13 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.

  • 2 Chr 8:16
    71%

    16 All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid until it was finished; the LORD’s temple was completed.

  • 1 Kgs 6:9
    71%

    9 He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.

  • 1 Kgs 5:17
    71%

    17 By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    71%

    6 including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.

  • 2 Chr 29:3
    71%

    3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the LORD’s temple and repaired them.

  • Hag 2:18
    70%

    18 ‘Think carefully about the past: from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, to the day work on the temple of the LORD was resumed, think about it.

  • Ezra 3:11
    70%

    11 With antiphonal response they sang, praising and glorifying the LORD:“For he is good; his loyal love toward Israel is forever.” All the people gave a loud shout as they praised the LORD when the temple of the LORD was established.

  • Zech 8:9
    70%

    9 “The LORD of Heaven’s Armies also says,‘Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, so that the temple might be built.

  • Ezek 41:5
    70%

    5 Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10½ feet, and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, all around the temple.

  • 1 Kgs 7:10
    70%

    10 The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet.

  • Ezra 4:1
    70%

    1 Opposition to the Building Efforts When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles were building a temple for the LORD God of Israel,

  • Ezra 7:8
    70%

    8 He entered Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.

  • Hag 1:4
    69%

    4 “Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins?

  • 2 Chr 29:17
    69%

    17 On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the LORD’s temple. For eight more days they consecrated the LORD’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    69%

    10 The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    69%

    7 Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

  • Hag 1:8
    69%

    8 Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,’ says the LORD.

  • Neh 6:15
    69%

    15 The Rebuilding of the Wall Is Finally Completed So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in just fifty-two days.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    69%

    2 David Orders a Temple to Be Built David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
    69%

    13 They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it.

  • Jer 39:2
    69%

    2 It lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year. On that day they broke through the city walls.

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
    69%

    12 as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the LORD’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    69%

    5 So I have decided to build a temple to honor the LORD my God, as the LORD instructed my father David,‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’

  • Ezra 6:7
    69%

    7 Leave the work on this temple of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place.

  • Ezra 4:4
    69%

    4 Then the local people began to discourage the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
    69%

    1 Building Projects and Commercial Efforts After twenty years, during which Solomon built the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

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