2And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God.


In Context

1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked 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.

1 Chronicles 22:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:2So David gave orders to assemble the aliens living in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:2And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:2And he commanded to gather together all the proselytes of the land of Israel, and out of them he appointed stonecutters to hew stones and polish them, to build the house of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:2And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:2And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2And David commanded to assemble the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut worked stones to build the house of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2And David saith to gather the sojourners who are in the land of Israel, and appointeth hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God.