1 Kings 5:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ The king commanded, and they hewed and brought out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stone.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁷ At the king’s command, they quarried huge stones of the finest quality in order to lay the temple’s foundation with carefully cut stone.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And the king ordered them to bring great stones, precious stones, for the foundation of the temple, and to square them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Kings 5:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:39

And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise; yea, they are fallen under my feet.

2 Samuel 7:5

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

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.

1 Kings 7:9

All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.

1 Chronicles 22:2

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.

1 Chronicles 22:8

But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight:

Isaiah 28:16

therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.