◄ 1 Kings 7:1 ►
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Good News Translation
Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years.

New Revised Standard Version
Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon's palace took 13 years to build.

New American Bible
To finish the building of his own house Solomon took thirteen years.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years, and brought it to perfection.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years, and brought it to perfection.

thirteen years

1 Kings 9:10 And when twenty years were ended, after Solomon had built the two houses; that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,

2 Chronicles 8:1 And at the end of twenty years after Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house:

Ecclesiastes 2:4,5 I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards, . . .

Matthew 6:33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Context
Solomon Builds His Palace
1And Solomon built his own house in thirteen years, and brought it to perfection.2He built also the house of the forest of Libanus; the length of it was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits, and the height thirty cubits: and four galleries between pillars of cedar: for he had cut cedar trees into pillars.…
Cross References
1 Kings 3:1
And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon, and he made affinity with Pharao, the king of Egypt: for he took his daughter, and brought her into the city of David: until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

1 Kings 6:38
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul. (which is the eighth month) the house was finished in all the works thereof, and in all the appurtenances thereof: and he was seven years in building it.

1 Kings 9:1
And it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all that he desired and was pleased to do,

1 Kings 9:10
And when twenty years were ended, after Solomon had built the two houses; that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,

2 Chronicles 8:1
And at the end of twenty years after Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house:

Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,

1 Kings 6:38
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