1 Kings 6:1

1 Kings 6:1

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.

a. NLT: It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the LORD. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.

b. NIV: In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the LORD.

c. Young’s Literal Translation: And it cometh to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year -- in the month of Zif, it is the second month -- of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he buildeth the house for Jehovah.

d. Amplified Bible Classic:  And 480 years after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the second month, Ziv, he began to build the Lord’s house.

e. Septuagint: 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, 17 that the king commanded that they should take great and costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones. 18 And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed the stones, and laid them for a foundation.

1). The Septuagint verse is seemingly a mixed up end of Chapter 5. Verse 17 is out of order and there are two verse 18’s. In my ignorance I have no clue.

2). The Septuagint version differs from the Hebrew text. Septuagint: 440 years; Hebrew text: 480 years.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Children of zisrael’s exodus from the land of Egypt—in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month—he built the Temple for HASHEM.

1. “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…”

a. And it came to pass [No Hebrew]

b. in the four [702 *  'arba`; masculine oarbaah] [Strong: from 7251; four:--four.]

c. hundred [3967 *  me'ah; or metyah] [Strong: properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:--hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.]

d. year 8141 * shaneh; or (feminine) shanah] [Strong: from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time):--+ whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).]

e. eightieth [8084 * shmoniym; or shmowniym] [Strong: mult. from 8083; eighty, also eightieth:--eighty(-ieth), fourscore.]

f. year [8141 * shaneh; or (feminine) shanah] [Strong: from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time):--+ whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).]

g. after the children [1121 * ben] [Strong: from 1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]

h. of Israel [3478 * Yisra'el] [Strong: from 8280  and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.]

i. were come out [3318 * yatsa’] [Strong: a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.:--X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.]

j. of the land [776 * 'erets] [Strong: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.]

k. of Egypt [4714 * Mitsrayim] [Strong: dual of 4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:--Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.]

2. “…in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month …”

a. in the fourth [7243 * rbiy; or rbiiy] [Strong: from 7251; fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth:--foursquare, fourth (part).]

b. year [8141 * shaneh; or (feminine) shanah] [Strong: from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time):--+ whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).]

c. of Solomon’s [8010 * Shlomoh] [Strong: from 7965; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor:--Solomon.]

d. reign [4427 * malak] [Strong: a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel:--consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.]

e. over Israel [3478 * Yisra'el] [Strong: from 8280  and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.]

f. in the month [2320 * chodesh] [Strong: from 2318; the new moon; by implication, a month:--month(-ly), new moon.]

g. Zif [2099 * Ziv] [Strong: probably from an unused root meaning to be prominent; properly, brightness (Compare 2122), i.e. (figuratively) the month of flowers; Ziv (corresponding to Ijar or May):--Zif.]

h. which is the second [8145 * sheniy] [Strong: from 8138; properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again:--again, either (of them), (an-)other, second (time).]

i. month [2320 * chodesh] [Strong: from 2318; the new moon; by implication, a month:--month(-ly), new moon.]

3. “…that he began to build the house of the LORD.”

j. that he began to build [1129 * banah] [Strong: a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively):--(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.]

k. the house [1004 * bayith] [Strong: probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).]

l. of the LORD [3068 * Yhovah] [Strong: from 1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord.]

1). This is self-explanatory. 480 after Israel came out of Egypt, Solomon began to build the Temple of the LORD. This also was the fourth year of Solomon’s reign as king and it was the second month of the Hebrew calendar. The last two verses of the chapter tell us that it took Solomon 7 years to build the Temple of the LORD.

a). 1 Kings 6:37, 38 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:

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.