1 Kings 6:37

6:37 In the month Ziv ¹  of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign ²  the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 6:33

6:33 In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. ³ 

1 Kings 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ⁴  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

¹ sn In the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

² tn The words “of Solomon’s reign” are added for clarification. See v. 1.

³ tn Heb “and so he did at the entrance of the main hall, doorposts of olive wood, from a fourth.”

⁵ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.