1 Kings 6:37

Contemporary English Version

Work began on the temple during Ziv, the second month of the year, four years after Solomon became king of Israel.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid in Solomon’s fourth year in the month of Ziv.

Hebrew Names Version
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv.

King James Version
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:

English Standard Version
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.

New Century Version
Work began on the Temple in Ziv, the second month, during the fourth year Solomon was king over Israel.

New English Translation
In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon's reign the foundation was laid for the Lord 's temple.

Amplified Bible
In the fourth year [of King Solomon's reign] the foundation of the LORD'S house was laid, in the [second] month, Ziv (April-May).

New American Standard Bible
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.

Geneva Bible (1587)
In the fourth yeere was the foundation of the house of the Lorde layed in the moneth of Zif:

Legacy Standard Bible
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid, in the month of Ziv.

Complete Jewish Bible
The foundation of the house of Adonai was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.

Darby Translation
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Zif;

Easy-to-Read Version
They started working on the Lord 's Temple in the month of Ziv, the second month of the year. This was during Solomon's fourth year as king of Israel.

George Lamsa Translation
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month of May;

Good News Translation
The foundation of the Temple was laid in the second month, the month of Ziv, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign.

Lexham English Bible
In the fourth year, the house of Yahweh was founded in the month of Ziv.

Literal Translation
The house of Jehovah was founded in the fourth year, in the month of Zif.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the fourth yeare in the moneth Sif, was the foundacion of the LORDES house layed:

American Standard Version
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.

Bible in Basic English
In the fourth year the base of the house was put in its place, in the month Ziv.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the fourth yere was the foundation of the house of the Lorde layde, euen in the moneth Zif.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv.

King James Version (1611)
In the fourth yeere was the foundation of the house of the Lord layd, in the moneth Zif.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
According to the same form he made all the ten bases, even one order and one measure to all.

English Revised Version
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv.

Berean Standard Bible
The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, in the month of Ziv.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The hows of the Lord was foundid in the fourthe yeer, in the monethe Zio;

Young's Literal Translation
In the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, in the month Zif,

Update Bible Version
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid, in the month Ziv.

Webster's Bible Translation
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

World English Bible
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Yahweh laid, in the month Ziv.

New King James Version
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.

New Living Translation
The foundation of the Lord 's Temple was laid in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon's reign.

New Life Bible
In the fourth year the base of the house was laid in the month of Ziv.

New Revised Standard
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the fourth year, was laid the foundation of the house of Yahweh, - in the month Zif;

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded, in the month Zio:

Revised Standard Version
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.

THE MESSAGE
The foundation for God 's Temple was laid in the fourth year in the month of Ziv. It was completed in the eleventh year in the month of Bul (the eighth month) down to the last detail, just as planned. It took Solomon seven years to build it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ The floor of the temple was made out of pine, and the walls were lined with cedar from floor to ceiling. ¹⁶ The most holy place was in the back of the temple, and it was thirty feet square. Cedar boards standing from floor to ceiling separated it from the rest of the temple. ¹⁷ The temple's main room was sixty feet long, and it was in front of the most holy place. ¹⁸ The inside walls were lined with cedar to hide the stones, and the cedar was decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. ¹⁹ The sacred chest was kept in the most holy place. ²⁰This room was thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and thirty feet high, and it was lined with pure gold. There were also gold chains across the front of the most holy place. The inside of the temple, as well as the cedar altar in the most holy place, was covered with gold. ²³ Solomon had two statues of winged creatures made from olive wood to put in the most holy place. Each creature was fifteen feet tall ²⁴and fifteen feet across. They had two wings, and the wings were seven and a half feet long. ²⁷ Solomon put them next to each other in the most holy place. Their wings were spread out and reached across the room. ²⁸ The creatures were also covered with gold.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 6:1, 2 Chronicles 3:2, among chronologists there is a great diversity of opinion respecting the time of the building of the temple.

Septuagint 440 Glycas 330 Josephus and Moeslinus 1Kings 6 592 Melchius Canus 590 Sulpicius Severus 588 Clemens Alexandrinus 570 Cedrenus 672 Codomus 598 Vossius and Capellus 580 Serarius 680 Nicholas Abraham 527 Petavius and Valtherus 520

After all, that in the common Hebrew Text is more likely to the true one, than any of the others.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 9:1 - it came 1 Kings 9:10 - at the end of twenty Acts 7:47 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid,.... The fourth year of Solomon's reign:

in the month Zif; :-.