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1 Kings 5:17

15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

16 Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

18 And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

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BSB
And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
KJV
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
WEB
The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
ASV
And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
DARBY
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
BLB
And the king commanded them, and they brought large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the temple, [and] hewn stones.
ÅB
Og kongen befalte at de skulle bryte store og kostbare steiner, så grunnvollen til huset kunne legges ned med huggen stein.
OTB
Så befalte kongen, og de hugget store steiner, verdifulle steiner, for å legge grunnvollen til huset med tilhugget stein.
B1930
Og kongen bød at de skulde bryte store og kostbare stener, så grunnvollen til huset kunde legges ned med huggen sten.

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  • 1 Chronicles 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.

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  • 1 Kings 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 building.

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  • 1 Peter 2:6–7

    Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

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  • 1 Kings 7:9

    All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

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  • Isaiah 28:16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

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  • Revelation 21:14–21

    And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:11–12

    For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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