1 Kings 5:17
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New International Version (©1984)
At the king's command they removed from the quarry large blocks of quality stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The king commanded them to quarry large, expensive blocks of stone in order to provide a foundation of cut stone for the temple.

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

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

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.

Bible in Basic English
By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king commanded, that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:

Darby Bible Translation
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;

Geneva Study Bible

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

Wesley's Notes

5:17 Great and costly - Marble and porphyry, or other stones of great size and value. The foundation - Where they could not afterward be seen: and therefore that this was done, is mentioned only as a point of magnificence, except it was intended for a type, or mystical signification of the preciousness of Christ, who is the foundation of the true temple, the church of God.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

17. brought great stones-The stone of Lebanon is "hard, calcareous, whitish and sonorous, like free stone" [Shaw]. The same white and beautiful stone can be obtained in every part of Syria and Palestine.

hewed stones-or neatly polished, as the Hebrew word signifies (Ex 20:25). Both Jewish and Tyrian builders were employed in hewing these great stones.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

5:10-18 The temple was chiefly built by the riches and labour of Gentiles, which typified their being called into the church. Solomon commanded, and they brought costly stones for the foundation. Christ, who is laid for a Foundation, is a chosen and precious Stone. We should lay our foundation firm, and bestow most pains on that part of our religion which lies out of the sight of men. And happy those who, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, for a habitation of God through the Spirit. Who among us will build in the house of the Lord?


1 Kings 6:7 The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built.
1 Chronicles 22:2 So David gave orders to gather the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God. (NASB ©1995)

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

costly stones 1Ki 6:7 7:9 1Ch 22:2 Isa 28:16 1Co 3:11,12 1Pe 2:6,7 Re 21:14-21

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