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 7:15

7:15 He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet ²  high and 18 feet ³  in circumference.

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

[7:15]  ² tn Heb “eighteen cubits.”

[7:15]  ³ tn Heb “twelve cubits.”