1 Kings 6:37
Good News Translation
The foundation of the Temple was laid in the second month, the month of Ziv, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign.

New Revised Standard Version
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.

Contemporary English Version
Work began on the temple during Ziv, the second month of the year, four years after Solomon became king of Israel.

New American Bible
The foundations of the LORD’s house were laid in the month of Ziv in the fourth year,

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded, in the month Zio:

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In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded, in the month Zio:

1 Kings 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zio, (the same is the second month) he began to build a house to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 3:2 And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

440 years; Glycas,

330; Josephus and Moes-Linus,

592; Melchius Canus,

590; Sulpicius Severus,

588; Clemens Alexandrinus,

570; Dedrenus,

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.

Context
The Courtyard
36And he built the inner court with three rows of polished stones, and one row of beams of cedar. 37In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded, in the month Zio:38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul. (which is the eighth month) the house was finished in all the works thereof, and in all the appurtenances thereof: and he was seven years in building it.…
Cross References
1 Kings 6:1
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zio, (the same is the second month) he began to build a house to the Lord.

1 Kings 6:38
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul. (which is the eighth month) the house was finished in all the works thereof, and in all the appurtenances thereof: and he was seven years in building it.

1 Kings 9:10
And when twenty years were ended, after Solomon had built the two houses; that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,

1 Kings 6:36
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