In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign the foundation was laid for the Lord’s temple.

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

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