1 Kings 6:37

1 Kings 6:37

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

a. ASV: In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.

b. YLT: In the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, in the month Zif,

c. Amplified Bible Classic:

d. Septuagint [1 Kings 6:1]: And it came to pass in the four hundred and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of the reign of king Solomon over Israel, that the king commanded that they should take great [and] costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones. And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed [the stones], and laid them [for a foundation]. In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month Ziu, even in the second month. In the eleventh year, in the month Baal, this [is] the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: In [Solomon’s] fourth year the foundation of the House of HASHEM was laid, in the month Ziv.

1. “In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:”

a. [In the] fourth [Strong: 7243 rᵉbîyʻîy, reb-ee-ee'; or רְבִעִי rᵉbiʻîy; from H7251; fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth:—foursquare, fourth (part).] [The KJV translates Strong's H7243 in the following manner: fourth (51x), fourth part (4x), foursquare (1x).]

b. year [Strong: 8141 shâneh, shaw-neh'; (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה shânâh; from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time):— whole age, × long, old, year(× -ly).] [The KJV translates Strong's H8141 in the following manner: year (797x), not translated (55x), yearly (3x), yearly (with H8141) (2x), year (with H1121) (1x), live (with H2416) (1x), old (with H2416) (with H3117) (1x), miscellaneous (4x).]

c. [was the] foundation [Strong: 3245 yâçad, yaw-sad'; a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult:—appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, × sure.] [The KJV translates Strong's H3245 in the following manner: foundation (15x), lay (8x), founded (8x), ordain (2x), counsel (2x), established (2x), foundation (with H3117) (1x), appointed (1x), instructed (1x), set (1x), sure (1x).]

d. [of the] house [Strong: 1004 bayith, bah'-yith; probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):—court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, +within(-out).] [The KJV translates Strong's H1004 in the following manner: house (1,881x), household (54x), home (25x), within (22x), temple (11x), prison (16x), place (16x), family (3x), families (with H1) (2x), dungeon (2x), miscellaneous (23x).]

e. [of the] LORD [laid] [Strong: 3068 Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'; from H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God:—Jehovah, the Lord.] [The KJV translates Strong's H3068 in the following manner: LORD (6,510x), GOD (4x), JEHOVAH (4x), variant (1x).]

f. [in the] month [Strong: 3391 yerach, yeh'-rakh; from an unused root of uncertain significance; a lunation, i.e. month:—month, moon.] [The KJV translates Strong's H3391 in the following manner: month (11x), moon (2x).]

g. Zif [Strong: 2099 Ziv, zeev'; probably from an unused root meaning to be prominent; properly, brightness (compare H2122), i.e. (figuratively) the month of flowers; Ziv (corresponding to Ijar or May):—Zif.] [The KJV translates Strong's H2099 in the following manner: Zif (2x).]

1). As we shall see it took 7 years for the Temple to be built.

a). 1 Kings 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.