Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace. ¹ 

You ¹  build Zion through bloody crimes, ²  Jerusalem ³  through unjust violence.

But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ ¹ 

But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’ ¹ 

He says, ¹  “Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations!

When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. ¹ 

He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent. ¹ 

I will build a great temple, for our God is greater than all gods.

Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build ¹  your house. ² 

They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

And there are times when I promise to build up and establish ¹  a nation or kingdom.

‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

Woe to you! You build ¹  the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors ²  killed.

They will say, ¹  ‘This man ²  began to build and was not able to finish!’ ³ 

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.

King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. ¹  King Asa used the materials to build up ²  Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah.