1 Kings 6:37

37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Yahweh laid, in the month 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 [thereon] cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.

36 He built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.

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

38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts of it, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.