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1 Chronicles 22:2

David

1 Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

3 David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed

4 and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.

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BSB
So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
KJV
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.
WEB
David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut dressed stones to build God’s house.
ASV
And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
DARBY
And David commanded to collect the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
BLB
And David commanded to gather the sojourners who [were] in the land of Israel, and he appointed hewers to hew stones cut to build the house of God.
ÅB
Og David befalte at de fremmede som bodde i Israels land, skulle kalles sammen, og han satte stenhuggere til å hugge til steinene som Guds hus skulle bygges av.
OTB
Så David ga ordre om å samle de fremmede som var i Israels land,
og han utnevnte steinhuggere til å kutte ferdige steiner for å bygge Guds hus.
B1930
Og David bød at de fremmede som bodde i Israels land, skulde kalles sammen, og han satte stenhuggere til å hugge til stenene som Guds hus skulde bygges av.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 2:17

    Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.

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  • 1 Kings 5:17–18

    And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

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  • 1 Kings 9:20–21

    As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—

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  • 2 Kings 12:12

    masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.

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  • 1 Kings 7:9–12

    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.

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  • Ephesians 2:12

    remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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  • Ephesians 2:19–22

    Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

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  • 1 Kings 6:7

    The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

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