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Bible in Basic English

1 Kings 6:14

So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Solomon;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jerusalem;   Palm Tree;   Solomon;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Oracle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cedar;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Solomon finished building the temple,
Hebrew Names Version
So Shlomo built the house, and finished it.
King James Version
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
English Standard Version
So Solomon built the house and finished it.
New Century Version
So Solomon finished building the Temple.
New English Translation
So Solomon finished building the temple.
Amplified Bible
So Solomon built the house (temple) and finished it.
New American Standard Bible
So Solomon built the house and finished it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Salomon built the house & finished it,
Legacy Standard Bible
So Solomon built the house and completed it.
Contemporary English Version
So Solomon's workers finished building the temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
So Shlomo finished building the house.
Darby Translation
And Solomon built the house and finished it.
Easy-to-Read Version
When Solomon finished the stonework on the Temple,
George Lamsa Translation
So Solomon built the house and finished it.
Good News Translation
So Solomon finished building the Temple.
Lexham English Bible
So Solomon built the temple and finished it.
Literal Translation
And Solomon built the house, and finished it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus Salomon buylded the house, & fynished it,
American Standard Version
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Solomon therefore built the house, and finished it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
King James Version (1611)
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the son of a widow woman; and he was of the tribe of Nephthalim, and his father was a Tyrian; a worker in brass, and accomplished in art and skill and knowledge to work every work in brass: and he was brought in to king Solomon, and he wrought all the works.
English Revised Version
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
Berean Standard Bible
So Solomon built the temple and finished it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Salomon bildide the hows, and endide it;
Young's Literal Translation
And Solomon buildeth the house and completeth it;
Update Bible Version
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
World English Bible
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
New King James Version
So Solomon built the temple and finished it.
New Living Translation
So Solomon finished building the Temple.
New Life Bible
So Solomon built the house and finished it.
New Revised Standard
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus Solomon built the house, and finished it;
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
Revised Standard Version
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
THE MESSAGE
Solomon built and completed The Temple. He paneled the interior walls from floor to ceiling with cedar planks; for flooring he used cypress. The thirty feet at the rear of The Temple he made into an Inner Sanctuary, cedar planks from floor to ceiling—the Holy of Holies. The Main Sanctuary area in front was sixty feet long. The entire interior of The Temple was cedar, with carvings of fruits and flowers. All cedar—none of the stone was exposed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Solomon built the house and finished it.

Contextual Overview

11 (And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying, 12 About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father. 13 And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people. 14 So Solomon made the building of the house complete.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2993-3000, bc 1011-1004, 1 Kings 6:9, 1 Kings 6:38, Acts 7:47, Acts 7:48

Cross-References

Exodus 2:3
And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.
Matthew 24:38
Because as in those days before the overflowing of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark,
Luke 17:27
They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.
1 Peter 3:20
Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Solomon built the house, and finished it. He went on with it until he had completed it, animated and encouraged by the promise of the divine Presence in it, provided a proper regard was had to the will and ways of God. Abarbinel thinks the above message was sent him in the midst of his work, to strengthen and caution him from a dependence on the continuance of the fabric, because of the strength of it; since its perpetuity depended on his, his successors', and the people's conduct and behaviour; wherefore conscious to himself of his own integrity, and hoping well of posterity, he was not discouraged, but proceeded in his undertaking until he had brought it to perfection.


 
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