1 Raja-raja 6:1

The Building of the Temple

6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv ¹  (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

1 Raja-raja 8:20

8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made. ²  I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor ³  of the Lord God of Israel

1 Raja-raja 8:66

8:66 On the fifteenth day after the festival started, ⁴  he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king ⁵  and then went to their homes, happy and content ⁶  because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

1 Raja-raja 12:20

12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. ⁷ 

[6:1]  ¹ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

[8:20]  ² tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”

[8:20]  ³ tn Heb “name.”

[8:66]  ⁴ tn Heb “on the eighth day” (that is, the day after the second seven-day sequence).

[8:66]  ⁵ tn Heb “they blessed the king.”

[8:66]  ⁶ tn Heb “good of heart.”

[12:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”