1 Kings 7:9
7 In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
8 And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
10 The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
11 Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.
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- BSB
- All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- All these were of costly stones, even of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.
- ASV
- All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.
- DARBY
- All these [buildings] were of costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside as far as the great court.
- BLB
- All these [were] of costly stones, cut to size, trimmed with the saw from within and from without, and from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside up to the great court.
- ÅB
- Alt dette var av kostbare steiner, tilhugget etter mål og skåret med sag innentil og utentil, like fra grunnen og opp til murkanten og utenfra til den store gård.
- OTB
- Alle disse var laget av kostbare steiner, skåret til størrelse, saget med sager innvendig og utvendig, fra grunnmuren til gesimsen, og fra utsiden til den store gårdsplassen.
- B1930
- Alt dette var av kostbare stener, tilhugget efter mål og skåret med sag innentil og utentil, like fra grunnen og op til murkanten og utenfra til den store gård.
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Original text and word study
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1 Kings 7:10–11
The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
Read in context1 Kings 5:17
And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
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