Solomon Builds the Temple^(A)

6 In the four hundred and eightieth^[a] year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month,^(B) he began to build the temple of the Lord.^(C)

¹¹ The word of the Lord came^(A) to Solomon: ¹² “As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, observe my laws and keep all my commands^(B) and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise^(C) I gave to David your father. ¹³ And I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon^(D) my people Israel.”

¹¹ The word of the Lord came^(A) to Solomon: