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


In Context

14 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 men subject to forced labor.

15 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;

16 besides Solomon's chief officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.

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

18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the 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 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;

The American 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.