Thirteen years] The Temple was of small extent compared with the royal palace, so that the time spent on the latter exceeded that required for the former. The various buildings mentioned in 1 Kings 7:2-8 seem together to have constituted the house of 1 Kings 7:1.
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1 Kings 7:1
1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.