1 Kings 5:17

American Standard Version

And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.

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1 Kings 5:17 in other translations

The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

1 Kings 5:17 · World English Bible

1 Kings 5:17 in context

  1. 15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;
  2. 16besides Solomon’s chief officers that were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
  3. 17And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
  4. 18And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.