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This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt. <a href="/esv/1_kings/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/6.htm">King James Bible</a> And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/6.htm">New King James Version</a> And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, that is, the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon&#8217s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now it happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Yahweh. <a href="/amp/1_kings/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (April-May) which is the second month, that he began to build the Lord’s house (temple). <a href="/csb/1_kings/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Solomon began to build the temple for the LORD in the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Solomon began to build the temple for the LORD in the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, in the second month, in the month of Ziv. <a href="/asv/1_kings/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah. <a href="/cev/1_kings/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Solomon's workers started building the temple during Ziv, the second month of the year. It had been 4 years since Solomon became king of Israel, and 480 years since the people of Israel left Egypt. <a href="/erv/1_kings/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Solomon began to build the LORD's temple 480 years after Israel left Egypt. He began building in the month of Ziv (the second month) of the fourth year of his reign over Israel. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Four hundred and eighty years after the people of Israel left Egypt, during the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the second month, the month of Ziv, Solomon began work on the Temple. <a href="/isv/1_kings/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> During the month of Ziv, which was the second month of the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, 480 years after the Israelis left the land of Egypt, Solomon began to build the LORD's Temple. <a href="/msb/1_kings/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon?s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/net/1_kings/6.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> It happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/web/1_kings/6.htm">World English Bible</a> In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build Yahweh’s house. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it comes to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year—in the month of Ziv, it [is] the second month—of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he builds the house for YHWH. <a href="/ylt/1_kings/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And it cometh to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year -- in the month of Zif, it is the second month -- of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he buildeth the house for Jehovah. <a href="/slt/1_kings/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it will be in the eightieth year and four hundredth year after the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year, in the month of brightness, it the second month to king Solomon over Israel, and he will build the house to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zio (the same is the second month), he began to build a house to the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then it happened that, in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel departed from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, the house of the Lord began to be built. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/6.htm">New American Bible</a> In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites went forth from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (the second month), he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In the four hundred eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> AND it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of May, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And it was in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Exodus of the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year in the month Eyar, which is the second month that Solomon reigned over Israel, he began to build the house of LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. <a href="/sep/1_kings/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And it came to pass in the four hundred and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of the reign of king Solomon over Israel, that the king commanded that they should take great and costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones. And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed the stones, and laid them for a foundation. In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month Ziu, even in the second month. In the eleventh year, in the month Baal, this is the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/6-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=1943" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/6.htm">Temple Construction Begins</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: wə·’ar·ba‘ (Conj-w:: Number-fs) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">In the four</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">hundred</a> <a href="/hebrew/8084.htm" title="8084: ḇiš·mō·w·nîm (Prep-b:: Number-cp) -- An eighty. Or shmowniym; mult. From shmoneh; eighty, also eightieth.">and eightieth</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">after the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: lə·ṣêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">had come</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ- (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">out of the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ha·ḥō·ḏeš (Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">in the month</a> <a href="/hebrew/2099.htm" title="2099: ziw (N-proper-fs) -- Probably from an unused root meaning to be prominent; properly, brightness, i.e. the month of flowers; Ziv.">of Ziv,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: haš·šê·nî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">the second</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: bə·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month</a> <a href="/hebrew/7243.htm" title="7243: hā·rə·ḇî·‘îṯ (Art:: Number-ofs) -- Fourth. Or rbiiy; from raba'; fourth; also a fourth.">of the fourth</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: baš·šā·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: lim·lōḵ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">of Solomon’s reign</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8010.htm" title="8010: šə·lō·mōh (N-proper-ms) -- David's son and successor to his throne. From shalowm; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor.">he</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: way·yi·ḇen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">began to build</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> 2The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/12-40.htm">Exodus 12:40-41</a> Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years. / At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt. <a href="/acts/7-47.htm">Acts 7:47</a> But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">2 Chronicles 3:1-2</a> Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. / Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. <a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13</a> He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. <a href="/2_samuel/5-5.htm">2 Samuel 5:5</a> In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. <a href="/1_kings/8-2.htm">1 Kings 8:2</a> And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim. <a href="/1_kings/8-65.htm">1 Kings 8:65</a> So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all. <a href="/1_kings/9-10.htm">1 Kings 9:10</a> Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace, <a href="/1_kings/5-5.htm">1 Kings 5:5</a> So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’ <a href="/1_kings/9-1.htm">1 Kings 9:1</a> Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do, <a href="/2_chronicles/6-1.htm">2 Chronicles 6:1-2</a> Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. / But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.” <a href="/2_chronicles/8-1.htm">2 Chronicles 8:1</a> Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace, <a href="/1_chronicles/17-12.htm">1 Chronicles 17:12</a> He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. <a href="/1_chronicles/28-2.htm">1 Chronicles 28:2</a> Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it, <a href="/1_chronicles/22-6.htm">1 Chronicles 22:6-10</a> Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. / “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, / but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.A.<a href="/judges/11-26.htm">Judges 11:26</a> While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?<a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">2 Chronicles 3:1,2</a> Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite… in the month Zif<a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">1 Kings 6:37</a> In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:<a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">Numbers 1:1</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,began [heb] built<a href="/acts/7-47.htm">Acts 7:47</a> But Solomon built him an house.build<a href="/1_chronicles/29-19.htm">1 Chronicles 29:19</a> And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.<a href="/zechariah/6-12.htm">Zechariah 6:12,13,15</a> And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: … <a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a> Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm">Build</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-30.htm">Children</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-30.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-26.htm">Four</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-4.htm">Fourth</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-16.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-13.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-14.htm">Month</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-7.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-29.htm">Second</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm">Solomon's</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">Zif</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">Ziv</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/8-16.htm">Build</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-13.htm">Children</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-9.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-2.htm">Four</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-33.htm">Fourth</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-2.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-13.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">Month</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-37.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-24.htm">Second</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-54.htm">Solomon's</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">Zif</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">Ziv</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 6</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">The building of Solomon's temple</a> 5. <a href="/1_kings/6-5.htm">The chambers thereof</a> 11. <a href="/1_kings/6-11.htm">God's promise unto it</a> 15. <a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">The ceiling and adorning of it</a> 23. <a href="/1_kings/6-23.htm">The cherubim</a> 31. <a href="/1_kings/6-31.htm">The doors</a> 36. <a href="/1_kings/6-36.htm">The court</a> 37. <a href="/1_kings/6-37.htm">The time of building it</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This period is significant as it represents a time of fulfillment of God's promises to Israel, transitioning from a nomadic existence to a settled nation with a central place of worship. The Exodus is a foundational event in Israel's history, symbolizing deliverance and covenant relationship with God. This timeline also reflects the long-awaited establishment of a permanent dwelling place for God among His people, as previously, the Ark of the Covenant had been housed in a tent or tabernacle.in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel Solomon's reign is marked by peace and prosperity, allowing for the focus on building projects, most notably the temple. The fourth year of his reign suggests a period of stability and consolidation of power, enabling Solomon to undertake such a significant project. Solomon's wisdom and wealth, gifts from God, are instrumental in the successful completion of the temple. This period also reflects the transition from the leadership of David, who had the desire to build the temple, to Solomon, who was chosen by God to fulfill this task.in the month of Ziv, the second month The month of Ziv corresponds to April-May in the modern calendar. This timing is significant as it follows the Passover, a festival commemorating the Exodus, thus linking the temple's construction to Israel's deliverance and God's faithfulness. The agricultural calendar also suggests a time of renewal and growth, symbolizing new beginnings for Israel with the establishment of the temple as a central place of worship.he began to build the house of the LORD The phrase "house of the LORD" emphasizes the temple's purpose as a dwelling place for God among His people. This construction marks the fulfillment of God's promise to David that his son would build a house for God's name. The temple serves as a type of Christ, foreshadowing Jesus as the ultimate temple, where God's presence dwells fully. The building of the temple signifies a new era in Israel's worship, moving from a portable tabernacle to a permanent structure, symbolizing God's enduring presence and covenant with Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The son of David and king of Israel, known for his wisdom and for building the temple in Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The descendants of Jacob, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and established as a nation under God. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land from which the Israelites were delivered, symbolizing bondage and oppression. 4. <a href="/topical/z/ziv.htm">Ziv</a> The second month of the ancient Hebrew calendar, corresponding to April-May, when the construction of the temple began. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_lord.htm">The House of the LORD</a> Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, a central place of worship for the Israelites and a symbol of God's presence among His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_over_time.htm">God's Faithfulness Over Time</a> The 480 years since the Exodus highlight God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises across generations. Reflect on how God has been faithful in your life and community. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_worship.htm">The Importance of Worship</a> The temple was central to Israel's worship. Consider how worship is central in your life and how you can prioritize it. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_and_timing.htm">Preparation and Timing</a> Solomon began building the temple in the fourth year of his reign, showing the importance of preparation and God's timing. Reflect on areas in your life where you need to wait on God's timing. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_continuity.htm">Legacy and Continuity</a> Solomon's building of the temple was a continuation of David's vision. Think about the legacy you are building and how it aligns with God's purposes. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_temple.htm">Symbolism of the Temple</a> The temple symbolized God's presence. In the New Testament, believers are described as the temple of the Holy Spirit. Consider how you can live as a reflection of God's presence.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 6</a> <a href="/q/how_does_exodus_14_fit_egypt's_timeline.htm">How does Exodus 14 align with any verifiable timeline of Egyptian dynasties and events if the dating is uncertain? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_114's_exodus_fit_history.htm">How do references to the Exodus in Psalm 114 align with historical and archaeological timelines outside the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/is_1_kings_6_1's_480_years_reliable.htm">How reliable is the 480-year timeline in 1 Kings 6:1 when it conflicts with other Old Testament chronologies? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_rebuilding.htm">What does the Bible say about rebuilding the Temple?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) In the fourth year.--This date, given with marked precision, forms a most important epoch in the history of Israel, on which, indeed, much of the received chronology is based. In the LXX., 440 is read for 480, possibly by an interchange of two similar Hebrew letters, or, perhaps, by reckoning from the completion of Exodus at the death of Moses instead of its beginning. The Vulgate agrees with the Hebrew text. Josephus, on the other hand, without any hint of any other reckoning in the Scriptural record, gives 592 years. The date itself, involving some apparent chronological difficulties, has been supposed to be an interpolation; but without any sufficient ground, except Josephus's seeming ignorance of its existence, and some early quotations of the passage by Origen and others without it; and in neglect of the important fact that, disagreeing prima facie with earlier chronological indications in Scripture, it is infinitely unlikely to have been thus interpolated by any mere scribe.These indications are, however, vague. The period includes the conquest and rule of Joshua, the era of the Judges down to Samuel, the reigns of Saul and David, and the three years of Solomon's reign already elapsed. Now, of these divisions, only the last three can be ascertained with any definiteness, at about 83 years. The time occupied by the conquest and rule of Joshua, cannot be gathered with any certainty from Scripture. The same is the case with the duration of some of the subsequent Judgeships. Even the numerous chronological notices given in the Book of Judges are inconclusive. We cannot tell whether they are literally accurate, or, as the recurrence of round numbers may seem to suggest, indefinite expressions for long periods; nor can we determine how far the various Judgeships were contemporaneous or successive. The tradition followed by St. Paul (<a href="/context/acts/13-19.htm" title="And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.">Acts 13:19-21</a>), assigning to the whole a period of 450 years, agrees generally with the latter idea. The genealogies given (as, for example, of David, in <a href="/context/ruth/4-18.htm" title="Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,">Ruth 4:18-22</a>; <a href="/context/1_chronicles/2-3.htm" title="The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.">1Chronicles 2:3-15</a>, and elsewhere) agree with the former. Hence, these vague chronological statistics cannot constitute a sufficient ground for setting aside a date so formally and unhesitatingly given at an important epoch of the history, corresponding to the equally formal determination of the date of the Exodus in <a href="/context/exodus/12-40.htm" title="Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelled in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.">Exodus 12:40-41</a>. The omission of the date in quotations, again, proves little. The different date given by Josephus, without any notice of that which we now have, presents the only real difficulty. But it is possible that he may have been inclined tacitly to harmonise his chronology with some other reckoning known in his time among the heathen; and in any case it is doubtful whether his authority can outweigh that of our present text and the ancient versions. On the whole, therefore, the grounds assigned for rejection of the chronological notice of this verse, are insufficient.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt [This date has been the subject of much controversy, which cannot even now be considered (pace Keil: "The correctness of the number 480 is now pretty generally admitted") as closed. Grave doubts are entertained as to its genuineness. Lord A. Hervey (Dict. Bib. vol. 2. p. 22) says it is "manifestly erroneous." Rawlinson considers it to be "an interpolation into the sacred text" (p. 515). And it is to he observed, 1. that the LXX. reads 440 instead of 480 years - a discrepancy which is suspicious, and argues some amount of incertitude. 2. Origen quotes this verse without these words (Comm. in S. Johann 2:20). 3. They would seem to have been unknown to Josephus, Clem. Alex., and others. . . . <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/6-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In the four וְאַרְבַּ֣ע (wə·’ar·ba‘) Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> Four hundred מֵא֣וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ) Number - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> A hundred and eightieth בִשְׁמוֹנִ֣ים (ḇiš·mō·w·nîm) Preposition-b | Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8084.htm">Strong's 8084: </a> Eighty, eightieth year שָׁנָ֣ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year after the Israelites בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son had come לְצֵ֣את (lə·ṣêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim out of the land מֵאֶֽרֶץ־ (mê·’e·reṣ-) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Egypt, מִצְרַיִם֩ (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa in the month הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (ha·ḥō·ḏeš) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month of Ziv, זִ֗ו (ziw) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2099.htm">Strong's 2099: </a> The second month of the Jewish calendar the second הַשֵּׁנִ֔י (haš·šê·nî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> Second (an ordinal number) month בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (bə·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month of the fourth הָרְבִיעִ֜ית (hā·rə·ḇî·‘îṯ) Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7243.htm">Strong's 7243: </a> Fourth, a fourth year שָׁנָ֡ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year of [Solomon's] reign לִמְלֹ֥ךְ (lim·lōḵ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc [he] שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה (šə·lō·mōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8010.htm">Strong's 8010: </a> Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne began to build וַיִּ֥בֶן (way·yi·ḇen) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build the house הַבַּ֖יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the LORD. לַיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 6:1 It happened in the four hundred (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 5:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 5:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/6-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 6:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 6:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>