וַיְהִ֣י בִשְׁמוֹנִ֣ים שָׁנָ֣ה וְאַרְבַּ֣ע מֵא֣וֹת שָׁנָ֡ה לְצֵ֣את בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם֩ בַּשָּׁנָ֨ה הָרְבִיעִ֜ית בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ זִ֗ו ה֚וּא הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י לִמְלֹ֥ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּ֥בֶן הַבַּ֖יִת לַיהוָֽה׃
At nangyari, sa ikaapat na raan at walumpung taon mula nang lumabas ang mga anak ni Israel mula sa lupain ng Egipto, sa ikaapat na taon ng paghahari ni Solomon sa Israel, sa buwan ng Ziv, na siyang ikalawang buwan, ay sinimulan niyang itayo ang bahay para sa Walang-Hanggan.
Rashi
In the month of Ziv. This is Iyar because the trees have blossoms. And [Targum] Yonoson translated this similarly, “the bloom of the buds.”
Rashi
Which is the second month. When numbering the months, because Nissan is the beginning of the year for [counting] months.
Rashi
Of the reign of Shlomo. Referring to “the fourth year.”1I.e., it does not mean “the second month of Shlomo’s reign,” rather it means the second month of the fourth year of Shlomo’s reign. It was the fourth year of Shlomo’s reign. And similarly it is stated in Divrei Hayomim, “And he began to build in the second month [on the second day] in the fourth year of his reign.”2II Divrei Hayomim 3:2.