^6:38In the eleventh year, in the month Bul⁵⁸ (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.⁵⁹

The Building of the Royal Palace

^7:1Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace.¹

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Footnotes

58 In the month Bul. This would be October–November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.
59 Heb “he built it in seven years.”
1 Heb “His house Solomon built in thirteen years and he completed all his house.”