1 Chronicles 22:2
1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
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.
3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 2:17
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
Read in context1 Kings 5:17–18
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
Read in context1 Kings 9:20–21
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
Read in context2 Kings 12:12
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
Read in context1 Kings 7:9–12
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.
Read in contextEphesians 2:12
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Read in contextEphesians 2:19–22
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Read in context1 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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