And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
At the end of twenty years. Seven and a half years were spent in building the temple (1 Kings 6:38), and twelve and a half years or thirteen years in the erection of his palace (1 Kings 7:1; 2 Chronicles 8:1). This verse is only a recapitulation of the first, necessary to recover the thread of connection in the narrative.