So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites did the stonecutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
2 Chronicles 8:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Thus all the work of Solomon was accomplished, from the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid until the house of the Lord was finished completely. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day the foundation of the Lord's house was laid until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed. American Standard Version (1901) Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed. Common English Bible All Solomon’s work was carried out from the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid until its completion. Then the LORD’s temple was completely finished. Catholic Public Domain Version Solomon had all the expenses prepared, from the day on which he founded the house of the Lord, even until the day when he perfected it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Solomon had all charges prepared, from the day that he founded the house of the Lord, until the day wherein he finished it. |
So Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites did the stonecutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.
In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.
The house was built with stone finished at the quarry so that neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple while it was being built.
They did not turn away from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites regarding anything at all or regarding the treasuries.
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom.