In the eleventh year, in the month Bul<n id="1" /> (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.<n id="2" />p>

All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival<n id="1" /> in the month Ethanim<n id="2" /> (the seventh month).

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon&#8217;s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv<n id="1" /> (the second month), he began building the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.