1 Chronicles 22:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² And 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² David commanded to gather together the strangers who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And 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.

Common English Bible

² David gave orders to gather the immigrants living in the land of Israel, and he appointed masons who would cut stones for building God’s temple.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he instructed them to gather all the new converts from the land of Israel. And from these he appointed stoneworkers, to hew stones and to polish them, so that he might build the house of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And 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.

1 Chronicles 22:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 5:11

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

1 Kings 6:7

And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry: and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

2 Kings 12:12

and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

2 Kings 22:6

unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

1 Chronicles 14:1

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him an house.

1 Chronicles 29:1

And David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God:

2 Chronicles 2:16

and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 2:17

And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

Ezra 3:7

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

Ephesians 2:12

that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.