And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
Ver. 38. In the month Bul.] Which hath its name either from fading, because then the leaves fall; or from the store of rain that then falleth. Bul quasi Mabbul, that is, a deluge. It answereth to our November.
So was he seven years.] Seven years and six months: and, everything reckoned, he made very good despatch of so great a work. He was much longer about building his own house, 1Ki 7:1 because less diligent and expeditious.