^37 (A)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, that is, the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts and in accordance with all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.

Solomon’s Palace

7 Now ^(A)Solomon built his own house over the course of thirteen years, and he finished all of his house.

God’s Promise and Warning

9 ^(A)Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and ^(B)the king’s house, and ^(C)all ^[a]that Solomon desired to do,