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35 He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings. 36 He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams.

37 In the month of Ziv[a] in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign[b] the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 6:37 sn In the month of Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.
  2. 1 Kings 6:37 tn The words “of Solomon’s reign” are added for clarification. See v. 1.