◄ 1 Kings 9:10 ►
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Good News Translation
It took Solomon twenty years to build the Temple and his palace.

New Revised Standard Version
At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king’s house,

Contemporary English Version
It took 20 years for the LORD's temple and Solomon's palace to be built.

New American Bible
After the twenty years during which Solomon built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the house of the king—

Douay-Rheims Bible
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,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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,

at the end of twenty

1 Kings 9:1 And it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he desired and was pleased to do,

1 Kings 6:37,38 In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded, in the month Zio: . . .

1 Kings 7:1 And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years, and brought it to perfection.

2 Chronicles 8:1 And at the end of twenty years after Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house:

Context
Solomon's Numerous Achievements
10And 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,11(Hiram, the king of Tyre, furnishing Solomon with cedar trees, and fir trees, and gold, according to all he had need of) then Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.…
Cross References
1 Kings 3:1
And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon, and he made affinity with Pharao, the king of Egypt: for he took his daughter, and brought her into the city of David: until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

1 Kings 6:37
In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded, in the month Zio:

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 7:1
And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years, and brought it to perfection.

1 Kings 9:1
And it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he desired and was pleased to do,

1 Kings 9:11
(Hiram, the king of Tyre, furnishing Solomon with cedar trees, and fir trees, and gold, according to all he had need of) then Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

2 Chronicles 8:1
And at the end of twenty years after Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house:

1 Kings 9:9
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