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# the eleventh year
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The word "eleventh" is the ordinal forms of "eleven." You may need to make explicit the event from which the writer counts the years. Alternate translation: "the eleventh year after Solomon became king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month
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"Bul" is the eighth month of the Hebrew calendar. It is during the last part of October and the first part of November on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# the house was finished in all its parts and conforming to all its specifications
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This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "they finished building every part of the house. They built it exactly the way Solomon had told them to build it"
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# Solomon took
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Solomon would have commanded his workers to do this work. Alternate translation: "It took Solomon's workers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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