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1 Kings 7

1 Kings 7:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But Solomon
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
was building
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
his own house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
thirteen
`asar (Hebrew #6240)
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Pronounce: aw-sawr'
Origin: for 6235
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
k years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
, and he finished
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
all his house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
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1 Kings 9:10• 10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house, (1 Kings 9:10)
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2 Chron. 8:1• 1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house, (2 Chron. 8:1)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1:  The building of Solomon's house.
2-5:  Of the house of Lebanon.
6:  Of the porch of pillars.
7:  Of the porch of judgment.
8-12:  Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter.
13-22:  Hiram's work of the two pillars.
23-26:  Of the molten sea.
27-37:  Of the ten bases.
38-39:  Of the ten lavers,
40-51:  and all the vessels.
thirteen years.
1 Kings 9:10• 10And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house, (1 Kings 9:10)
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2 Chron. 8:1• 1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house, (2 Chron. 8:1)
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Eccl. 2:4‑5• 4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
 5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: (Eccl. 2:4‑5)
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Matt. 6:33• 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matt. 6:33)
• It had taken Solomon seven years to build the house of the Lord. We see in this his promptness at this work. It took Herod forty-six years to build his temple (John. 2:20). At the beginning of his career the service of the Lord came before all else in the king’s heart. (“Solomon?s Houses: 1 Kings 7:1-12” by H.L. Rossier)
• {v.1-12} These three houses and the temple give us an insight into the characteristics of the glorious reign of the Son of God, of the Son of Man, and of the Son of David. (“Solomon?s Houses: 1 Kings 7:1-12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.