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1 Kings 6:1

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

1 Kings 6:1 BSB
  1. a Hebrew; LXX four hundred and fortieth
  2. b Ziv was the second month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of April and May; also in verse 37.

1 Kings 6:1 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Chronicles 3:1–2 (5 votes) and Acts 7:47 (4 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Exodus 31 to 1 Peter 2.

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Which verses does 1 Kings 6:1 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 2 Chronicles 3:1–25 votes

    Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

  2. Acts 7:474 votes

    But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.

  3. 1 Kings 6:373 votes

    The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.

  4. 1 Chronicles 29:193 votes

    And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”

  5. 1 Peter 2:53 votes

    you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  6. Numbers 1:12 votes

    On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:

  7. Judges 11:262 votes

    For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?

  8. Zechariah 6:12–132 votes

    And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD. Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’

  9. Zechariah 6:152 votes

    Even those far away will come and build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.”

  10. John 2:19–212 votes

    Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” …

  11. 1 Corinthians 6:192 votes
  12. 2 Corinthians 6:162 votes
  13. Ephesians 2:20–222 votes
  14. Colossians 2:72 votes
  15. Hebrews 9:112 votes
  16. Hebrews 11:102 votes

Which verses point to 1 Kings 6:1?

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