1 Kings 6:37
¶ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:
¶ In the fourth yeere was the foundation of the house of the LORD layd, in the moneth Zif.
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1AND 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.
1¶ And *it came to passe in the foure hundred and fourescore yeere after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth yere of Solomons reigne ouer Israel, in the moneth Zif, which is the second moneth, that he †began to build the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 3:2Rank 2 from verse 37
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1 Kings 6:37
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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A period of twelve months; a stated annual period.
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foundation
The base or supporting part on which a structure rests; the beginning, establishment, underlying ground, or governing basis of a work, world, teaching, hope, or spiritual building.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.
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36¶ And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
36¶ And hee built the inner Court with three rowes of hewed stone, and a row of Cedar beames.
37¶ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:
37¶ In the fourth yeere was the foundation of the house of the LORD layd, in the moneth Zif.
Selected passage38And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
38And in the eleuenth yeere in the moneth Bul (which is the eight moneth) was the house finished ‖throughout all the parts therof, and according to all the fashion of it: So was he seuen yeeres in building it.