1 Kings 5:17
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.”
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1 Kings 5:17 Context
15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourescore thousand hewers in the mountaines: 16Besides the chiefe of Solomons officers which were ouer the worke, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled ouer the people that wrought in the worke. 17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 18And Solomons builders, and Hirams builders, did hewe them, and the stone-squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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Other Translations for 1 Kings 5:17
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
- King James Version
Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
- American Standard Version (1901)
By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.
- Basic English Bible
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
- Darby Bible
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
- Webster's Bible
The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
- World English Bible
And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;
- Youngs Literal Bible
(5:31) And the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stone.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Kings 5:17
5:17 Great and costly - Marble and porphyry, or other stones of greatsize and value. The foundation - Where they could not afterward be seen:and therefore that this was done, is mentioned only as a point ofmagnificence, except it was intended for a type, or mystical significationof the preciousness of Christ, who is the foundation of the true temple,the church of God.