1 Kings 6:37

Zif (the “brightness of flowers”) corresponds to about May;

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zif. The second month.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: Ver. 37. In the fourth year, ] sc., Of Solomon's reign....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the fourth year , &c. This was mentioned 1 Kings 6:1 , and is here repeated to subjoin, in the next words, how long the house was in buildin...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he cover...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 6:1 . Began to build the house of the Lord —The chronological year is...
Scofield Reference Notes

Zif Second month, that is, May.
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 6:1 . In the four hundred and eightieth year. The Hebrew, the Chaldaic, and most of the Greek versions read as the English; yet some diffi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ornamentation of the Temple
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the fourth year, namely, of Solomon's reign, was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:1 ; 2 Chronicles 3:2

³⁷ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 6:37

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 6:37