1 Kings 6:37

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

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 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

36 And he built the inner court with three orders of hewed stone and an order of cedar beams.

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

38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and with everything necessary. So he was seven years in building it.