1 Kings 6:38
In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
What it says
In Solomon’s eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the temple is finished in every detail and according to every specification, after seven years of building.
What it is doing
It concludes the chapter by marking the temple’s full completion.
In context
36Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams. 37The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv. 38In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.