³⁷ The foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid in midspring, in the month of Ziv,^[a] during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.

Solomon Builds the Temple

6 It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv,^[a] during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the Lord. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.

² The construction began in midspring,^[a] during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign.