1 Kings 5:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:39

I have sent destruction on them and given them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

2 Samuel 7:5

Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

1 Kings 6:7

And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.

1 Kings 7:9

All these buildings were made, inside and out, from base to crowning stone, and outside to the great walled square, of highly priced stone, cut to different sizes with cutting-instruments.

1 Chronicles 22:2

And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

1 Chronicles 22:8

But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.

Isaiah 28:16

For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.