1 Kings 6:38

6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month Bul ¹  (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. ² 

1 Kings 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, ³  he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king ⁴  and then went to their homes, happy and content ⁵  because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Kings 12:33

A Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel

12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) ⁶  Jeroboam ⁷  offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. ⁸  He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.

1 Kings 12:32

12:32 Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ⁹  like the festival celebrated in Judah. ¹⁰  On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. ¹¹  In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made.

[6:38]  ¹ sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[6:38]  ² tn Heb “he built it in seven years.”

[8:66]  ³ tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

[8:66]  ⁴ tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

[8:66]  ⁵ tn Heb “good of heart.”

[12:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”

[12:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:33]  ⁷ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[12:32]  ⁷ sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.

[12:32]  ⁸ sn The festival he celebrated in Judah probably refers to the Feast of Tabernacles (i.e., Booths or Temporary Shelters), held in the seventh month (September-October). See also 1 Kgs 8:2.

[12:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he offered up [sacrifices] on the altar; he did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made.”