1 Kings 6:37

37 In the fourth year, the house of Yahweh was founded in the month of Ziv.

1 Kings 6:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:37

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord
laid
The fourth year of Solomon's reign:

in the month Zif; (See Gill on 1 Kings 6:1).

1 Kings 6:37 In-Context

35 He carved cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers and overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.

36 Then he built the inner courtyard [with] three rows of dressed stone and a row of cedar beams.

37 In the fourth year, the house of Yahweh was founded in the month of Ziv.

38 In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, that is, the eighth month, the house was finished [according] to all his specifications and [according] to all his plans. He had built it in seven years.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, the fourth year of Solomon's reign