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.
KJV
Præcepitque rex ut tollerent lapides grandes, lapides pretiosos in fundamentum templi, et quadrarent eos :
Vulgate
καὶ ἡτοίμασαν τοὺς λίθους καὶ τὰ ξύλα τρία ἔτη.
LXX
And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
ASV
אַתָּ֨ה יָדַ֜עְתָּ אֶת דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֗/י כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ לִ/בְנ֣וֹת בַּ֗יִת לְ/שֵׁם֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔י/ו מִ/פְּנֵ֥י הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר סְבָבֻ֑/הוּ עַ֤ד תֵּת יְהוָה֙ אֹתָ֔/ם תַּ֖חַת כַּפּ֥וֹת רגל/ו רַגְלָֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
22 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 22:2 — And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
- 1Chr 22:2 — And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
- 1Kgs 6:7 — And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in b
- 1Kgs 6:7 — And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in b
- Isa 54:11 — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
- Prov 24:27 — Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.