2 Chronicles 3:2

Temple Construction Begins

1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.2Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

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Berean Standard Bible
Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
American Standard Version (1901)
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Bible in Basic English
The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Free Bible Version
Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in his fourth year as king.
Geneva Bible 1599
And he beganne to buylde in the seconde moneth and the second day, in the fourth yeere of his reigne.
King James (Authorized) Version
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Translation for Translators
They began the work in April, when Solomon had been ruling almost four years.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He began to build on the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Noah Webster Bible
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
World English Bible
He began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
Young's Literal Translation
and he beginneth to build in the second [day], in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.