And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month (a) Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the (b) house of the LORD.
(a) Which contains part of April and part of May.
(b) By which is meant the temple and the oracle.