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1 Kings 6:1-2
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1 Kings 6:1-2
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Building the Temple
6 Solomon began to build the temple for the Lord in the four hundred eightieth year(A) after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the second month, in the month of Ziv.[a](B) 2 The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord(C) was 90 feet[b] long, 30 feet[c] wide, and 45 feet[d] high.(D)
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- 1 Kings 6:1 April–May
- 1 Kings 6:2 Lit 60 cubits
- 1 Kings 6:2 Lit 20 cubits
- 1 Kings 6:2 Lit 30 cubits
1 Kings 6:1-2
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1 Kings 6:1-2
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Solomon Builds the Temple(A)
6 In the four hundred and eightieth[a] year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month,(B) he began to build the temple of the Lord.(C)
2 The temple(D) that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.[b]
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 6:1 Hebrew; Septuagint four hundred and fortieth
- 1 Kings 6:2 That is, about 90 feet long, 30 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 27 meters long, 9 meters wide and 14 meters high
1 Kings 8:17-20
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1 Kings 8:17-20
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17 It was in the desire of my father David
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.(A)
18 But the Lord said to my father David,
“Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name,
you have done well to have this desire.(B)
19 Yet you are not the one to build it;
instead, your son, your own offspring,
will build it for My name.”(C)
20 The Lord has fulfilled what He promised.
I have taken the place of my father David,(D)
and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised.(E)
I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:17-20
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1 Kings 8:17-20
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17 “My father David had it in his heart(A) to build a temple(B) for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18 But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name. 19 Nevertheless, you(C) are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’(D)
20 “The Lord has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded(E) David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built(F) the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 3:1
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2 Chronicles 3:1
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Building the Temple
3 Then Solomon began(A) to build the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah(B) where the Lord[a] had appeared to his father David, at the site David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan[b] the Jebusite.
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- 2 Chronicles 3:1 LXX; Tg reads the Angel of the Lord; MT reads He
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 = Araunah in 2Sm 24:16-24
2 Chronicles 3:1
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2 Chronicles 3:1
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Solomon Builds the Temple(A)
3 Then Solomon began to build(B) the temple of the Lord(C) in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah[a](D) the Jebusite, the place provided by David.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah
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