Section 8:1-18

King Solomon built many buildings and engaged in trade

8:1a Now at the end of the twenty years

In the first twenty years of his reign
-or-
It took twenty (20) years

8:1b during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD

Solomon built the temple of Yahweh
-or-
for King Solomon to build Yahweh’s temple

8:1c and his own palace,

and a palace for himself.
-or-
and his own house.

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