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 th…

And it came to pass. —To this detailed account of the building and consecration of the Temple, which concludes at [Refere…

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years
From the time Solomon first began to build: when Solomon had built th…

Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities. Hiram did not like them. If Solomon wished to satisfy him, it should be in Hiram's own element, by becoming his p…