1 Kings 6:1-7:22 ; Psalm 75 ; Acts 13:13-41 "Birch Forest" © by Terri L. Stricker - Original Oil on Canvas Our passage today in 1 Kings 6:1-7:22 shows us Solomon’s construction of the temple and his palaces – the former taking seven years to complete, the latter, thirteen years – a noteworthy difference. We read that this construction began “in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel”