King James Version
1 Kings 6:37 in the King James Version says “In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:”
1 Kings 6:37 · KJV
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
And 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. through out: or, with all the parts thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof
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“laid”
H3245to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e., settle, consult
“of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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