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 ¹  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Kings 6:9

6:9 He finished building the temple ²  and covered it ³  with rafters ⁴  and boards made of cedar. ⁵ 

[6:1]  ¹ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[6:9]  ² tn Heb “ built the house and completed it.”

[6:9]  ³ tn Heb “the house.”

[6:9]  ⁴ tn The word occurs only here; the precise meaning is uncertain.

[6:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and rows with cedar wood.”