Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 1 Kings 7:1 in English Standard Version "Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house." 1Ki 3:1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. 1Ki 9:10 At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king’s house, 2Ch 8:1 At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house,