1 Kings 6:38

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.

Cross-reference

1 Kings 6:1 Historical context

1 Kings 6:1 records the start of temple construction, providing the chronological bookend to this verse's completion.

1 Kings 6:9 Parallel

1 Kings 6:9 notes an earlier stage of finishing the temple structure, complementing the final completion described here.

1 Kings 6:14 gives the simple statement of the temple's completion, while 6:38 adds the precise seven-year timeline and month.

1 Kings 7:1 Contrast

1 Kings 7:1 contrasts the 13 years for Solomon's palace with the 7 years for the temple, highlighting priority of God's house.

1 Kings 9:10 Historical context

1 Kings 9:10 reveals the combined twenty-year period for both temple and palace, showing the temple's seven years as part of a larger project.

1 Kings 9:1 Historical context

1 Kings 9:1 expands the completion to include the palace and all Solomon's projects, contextualizing the temple's seven-year duration.

1 Kings 9:15 Historical context

1 Kings 9:15 details the forced labor used to build the temple and palace, adding the human cost behind the completion timeline.

1 Kings 9:25 Historical context

1 Kings 9:25 records Solomon's sacrifices after the temple's completion, showing how the finished building was immediately used for worship.

John 2:20 Typology

John 2:19 uses temple imagery for Christ's resurrection, with Solomon's completed temple prefiguring the true temple of His body.

Acts 7:47 Citation

Acts 7:47 directly references Solomon building the temple, confirming the historical fact from a New Testament perspective.

Ezra 6:15 Parallel

Ezra 6:15 gives the exact date of the second temple's completion, paralleling the precise dating of the first temple here.

Zechariah 4:9 prophesies Zerubbabel will finish the temple, mirroring the completion of Solomon's temple as a pattern.

Zechariah 6:13-15 speaks of a future temple built by a priest-king, echoing the completion of Solomon's temple as a type.