1 Kings 6 · Verse 37

1 Kings 6:37

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:
1 Kings 6:37, King James Version

1 Kings 6:37 in other translations

BSBThe foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
WEBThe foundation of the LORD’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv.
ASVIn the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.
YLTIn the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, in the month Zif,
DARBYIn the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Zif;
BBEIn the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.
WebsterIn the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

What does 1 Kings 6:37 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
37. In the fourth year was the foundation laid--The building was begun in the second month of the fourth year and completed in the eighth month of the eleventh year of Solomon's reign, comprising a period of seven and a half years, which is reckoned here in round numbers. It was not a very large, but a very splendid building, requiring great care, and ingenuity, and division of labor. The immense number of workmen employed, together with the previous preparation of the materials, serves to account for the short time occupied in the process of building.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 6:15-38

See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical…

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1 Kings 6:37 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּשָּׁנָה֙ba.sha.Nahin the yearH8141
הָֽרְבִיעִ֔יתha.re.vi.'It<the> fourthH7243
יֻסַּ֖דyu.Sadit was foundedH3245
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּיֶ֖רַחbe.Ye.rachin [the] month ofH3391
זִֽו\׃ZivZivH2099

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 6:37

  • 1 Kings 6:1

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 3:2

    And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1; 2Ch 3:2Among chronologists there is a great diversity of opinion respecting the time of the building of the temple. The Septuagint has 440 years; Glycas, 330; Josephus and Moeslinus, 592; Melchius Canus, 590; Sulpicius Severus, 588; Clemens Alexandrinus, 570; Cedrenus, 672; Codomus, 598; Vossius and Capellus, 580; Serarius, 680; Nicholas Abraham, 527; Petavius and Valtherus, 520. After all, that in the common Hebrew text is more likely to the true one, than any of the others.

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Context

  • 1 Kings 6:36

    And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

  • 1 Kings 6:37

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

  • 1 Kings 6:38

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

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1 Kings 6:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En el cuarto año, en el mes de Ziph, se echaron los cimientos de la casa de Jehová:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La quatrième année, au mois de Ziv, les fondements de la maison de l’ Éternel furent posés;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Im vierten Jahre wurde der Grund des Hauses Jehovas gelegt, im Monat Siw;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Anno quarto fundata est domus Domini in mense Zio: