36. Then they built a wall around the inner yard. Each wall was made from three rows of cut stones and one row of cedar timbers.
37. They started working on the Lord’S Temple in the month of Ziv, the second month of the year. This was during Solomon’s fourth year as king of Israel.
38. The Temple was finished in the month of Bul, the eighth month of the year, in Solomon’s eleventh year as king. It took seven years to build the Temple. It was built exactly as planned.