Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The "twenty years" are to be counted from the fourth year of Solomon, the year when he commenced the building of the temple. They are made up of the seven years employed in the work of the temple I Kings 6:38, and the thirteen years during which Solomon was building his own house I Kings 7:1.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 9:10:
1 Kings 7:1
1 Kings 7:2
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