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Temple Construction Begins

2 Chronicles 3:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
KJV
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
WEB
He began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
ASV
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
LSV
and he begins to build in the second [day], in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
YLT
and he beginneth to build in the second [day], in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
DBY
And he began to build on the second of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
DRC
And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
GNV
And he beganne to buylde in the seconde moneth and the second day, in the fourth yeere of his reigne.
JPS
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
LXXE
And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַ֠יָּחֶל לִבְנ֞וֹת בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי֙ בַּשֵּׁנִ֔י בִּשְׁנַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֖ע לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἤρξατο οἰκοδομῆσαι ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ τετάρτῳ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 6:1In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the…

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