17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.


In Context

14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.

15 And Solomon had three score and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

16 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that worked in the work.

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

18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

1 Kings 5:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:17At the king's command they removed from the quarry large blocks of quality stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, [and] hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And the king commanded, that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;