³⁷ In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.^(A)

³⁸ In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.

Solomon’s Palace and Other Buildings

7 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.^(A)

Various Activities of Solomon

8 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house,^(A)