1 Kings 6:1
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the Lord.
Note Hebrew; LXX four hundred and fortieth
Note Ziv was the second month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of April and May; also in verse 37.
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
Note began…: Heb. built
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the Lord’s house.
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- An
- A.M. 2993. B.C. 1011. Ex. Is. 480. And it came.
- Judges 11:26; 2 Chronicles 3:1, 2
- in the month Zif
- 1 Kings 6:37; Numbers 1:1
- began
- Heb. built.
- Acts 7:47
- build
- 1 Chronicles 29:19; Zechariah 6:12, 13, 15; John 2:19–21; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:20–22; Colossians 2:7; Hebrews 9:11; Hebrews 11:10; 1 Peter 2:5