1 Kings 6:37

37 The foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.

1 Kings 6:37 in Other Translations

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

37 In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.

37 The foundation of the LORD ’s Temple was laid in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.

37 The foundation for God's Temple was laid in the fourth year in the month of Ziv.

37 The foundation of the Lord's temple was laid in [Solomon's] fourth year 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, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

36 And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.

37 The foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.

38 In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.