1 Kings 6:36-38

Revised Geneva Translation

³⁶ And he built the court inside with three rows of hewn stone, and one row of beams of cedar.

³⁷ In the fourth year, the foundation of the House of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.

³⁸ And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul (which is the eighth month), he finished the House, with all its furniture, and in every point. So, he was seven years in building it.